diff --git a/salt/logstash/etc/log4j2.properties b/salt/logstash/etc/log4j2.properties
index 739756061..750a6e316 100644
--- a/salt/logstash/etc/log4j2.properties
+++ b/salt/logstash/etc/log4j2.properties
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ appender.rolling.policies.type = Policies
 appender.rolling.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy
 appender.rolling.policies.time.interval = 1
 appender.rolling.policies.time.modulate = true
+appender.rolling.policies.size.type = SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
+appender.rolling.policies.size.size = 1GB
 appender.rolling.strategy.type = DefaultRolloverStrategy
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.type = Delete
 appender.rolling.strategy.action.basepath = /var/log/logstash