diff --git a/config/logrotate.mongo.conf b/config/logrotate.mongo.conf
index fe3b00065..92b4c3eee 100644
--- a/config/logrotate.mongo.conf
+++ b/config/logrotate.mongo.conf
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /var/log/mongodb/*.log {
        weekly 
        rotate 10
+       size 256M
        copytruncate
        delaycompress
        compress
        notifempty
        missingok
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}