diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 10e3402..962125e 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -47,4 +47,9 @@
 
 default['consul']['wan']['enabled']                = "false"
 default['consul']['wan']['serf_port']              = "8302"
-default['consul']['wan']['nodes']                  = nil
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+default['consul']['wan']['nodes']                  = nil
+
+# 7 days
+default['consul']['log_rotate_max_files']   = "7"
+# 300mb
+default['consul']['log_rotate_bytes']       = "314572800"
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diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 1996d6a..0c85c68 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -123,3 +123,11 @@
 attribute "consul/metrics/prometheus_retention_time",
           :description => "Retention time for Prometheus metrics",
           :type => 'string'
+
+attribute "consul/log_rotate_max_files",
+          :description => "Maximum number of older log file archives to keep. Default: 7",
+          :type => 'string'
+
+attribute "consul/log_rotate_bytes",
+          :description => "number of bytes that should be written to a log before it needs to be rotated. Default: 300mb",
+          :type => 'string'
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diff --git a/templates/default/config/master.hcl.erb b/templates/default/config/master.hcl.erb
index 6aa9204..3902447 100644
--- a/templates/default/config/master.hcl.erb
+++ b/templates/default/config/master.hcl.erb
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ telemetry = {
    disable_hostname = true
 }
 log_file = "<%= node['consul']['logs_dir'] %>/consul"
-log_rotate_max_files = 7
+log_rotate_max_files = <%= node['consul']['log_rotate_max_files'] %>
+log_rotate_bytes = <%= node['consul']['log_rotate_bytes'] %>
diff --git a/templates/default/config/slave.hcl.erb b/templates/default/config/slave.hcl.erb
index 34b64d5..805f2e7 100644
--- a/templates/default/config/slave.hcl.erb
+++ b/templates/default/config/slave.hcl.erb
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ telemetry = {
    disable_hostname = true
 }
 log_file = "<%= node['consul']['logs_dir'] %>/consul"
-log_rotate_max_files = 7
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+log_rotate_max_files = <%= node['consul']['log_rotate_max_files'] %>
+log_rotate_bytes = <%= node['consul']['log_rotate_bytes'] %>
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