diff --git a/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml b/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml
index b918fa7d2..73b158702 100644
--- a/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml
+++ b/salt/filebeat/etc/filebeat.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ logging.files:
   # automatically rotated
   rotateeverybytes: 10485760 # = 10MB
 
+  # Rotate on startup
+  rotateonstartup: False
+ 
   # Number of rotated log files to keep. Oldest files will be deleted first.
   keepfiles: 7