diff --git a/config/freebsd/newsyslog/waagent.conf b/config/freebsd/newsyslog/waagent.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25be9484c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/freebsd/newsyslog/waagent.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/var/log/waagent.log			644  7	   *	@T00  JN
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 372807fa30..fa517ead0d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ def get_data_files(name, version, fullname):
     elif name == 'freebsd':
         set_bin_files(data_files, dest="/usr/local/sbin")
         set_conf_files(data_files, src=["config/freebsd/waagent.conf"])
+        set_logrotate_files(data_files, dest="/etc/newsyslog.conf.d",
+                            src=["config/freebsd/newsyslog/waagent.conf"])
         set_freebsd_rc_files(data_files)
     elif name == 'openbsd':
         set_bin_files(data_files, dest="/usr/local/sbin")