diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/logrotate.conf b/systemvm/debian/etc/logrotate.conf
index d213d4e9ce8..d33f2dae2e6 100644
--- a/systemvm/debian/etc/logrotate.conf
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/logrotate.conf
@@ -11,15 +11,3 @@ size 50M
 compress
 # RPM packages drop log rotation information into this directory
 include /etc/logrotate.d
-# no packages own wtmp and btmp -- we'll rotate them here
-/var/log/wtmp {
-    monthly
-    create 0664 root utmp
-    rotate 1
-}
-/var/log/btmp {
-    missingok
-    monthly
-    create 0600 root utmp
-    rotate 1
-}
diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/logrotate.d/btmp b/systemvm/debian/etc/logrotate.d/btmp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0aa1ae1ade1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/logrotate.d/btmp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# no packages own btmp -- we'll rotate it here
+/var/log/btmp {
+    missingok
+    monthly
+    create 0660 root utmp
+    rotate 1
+}
diff --git a/systemvm/debian/etc/logrotate.d/wtmp b/systemvm/debian/etc/logrotate.d/wtmp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc8a151e00b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemvm/debian/etc/logrotate.d/wtmp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# no packages own wtmp -- we'll rotate it here
+/var/log/wtmp {
+    missingok
+    monthly
+    create 0664 root utmp
+    minsize 1M
+    rotate 1
+}