diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index cede5c438..d31ee997b 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -972,6 +972,11 @@ while getopts ":b:f:y" opt; do
 done
 shift $((OPTIND - 1))
 
+if [ -f $SOUP_LOG ]; then
+  CURRENT_TIME=$(date +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S)
+  mv $SOUP_LOG $SOUP_LOG.$INSTALLEDVERSION.$CURRENT_TIME
+fi
+
 if [[ -z $UNATTENDED ]]; then
   cat << EOF