diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f9d74b..a0d2b29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Dockerized iRODS
 
-This repository contains the necessary files to build an iRODS Docker image based on Ubuntu 18.04.
+This repository contains the necessary files to build an iRODS Docker image based on Ubuntu 20.04.
 The code is based on [hurngchunlee/docker-irods](https://github.com/hurngchunlee/docker-irods).
 
 The image contains features specific to our [SODAR](https://github.com/bihealth/sodar-server) system, but using them is optional and the image also works as a generic iRODS server.
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ Next, do the same modification for the environment variable `IRODS_ODBC_DRIVER`.
 
 To build the image, use the following command:
 
-```bash
-$ IRODS_PKG_VERSION=x.x.x-x BUILD_VERSION=y ./build.sh
+```
+bash
+$ IRODS_PKG_VERSION=x.x.x BUILD_VERSION=y ./build.sh
 ```
 
 Releases and images are tagged with the iRODS server version followed by the image build version. This means that e.g. the initial release for iRODS `4.3.1` will be tagged as `4.3.1-1`. Fixes or improvements to that release would then be published as `4.3.1-2`.
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 7ab0282..e60a4fc 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ RUN chmod +x /docker-entrypoint.sh /irods_login.sh
 
 # Set up logging
 COPY files/irods_syslog.conf /etc/rsyslog.d/00-irods.conf
+COPY files/irods.logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/irods
+RUN chmod 0644 /etc/logrotate.d/irods
 RUN mkdir -p /var/log/irods
 RUN chown syslog:adm /var/log/irods
 
diff --git a/docker/files/irods.logrotate b/docker/files/irods.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da6951a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/files/irods.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/var/log/irods/irods.log {
+    weekly
+    rotate 26
+    copytruncate
+    dateext
+    notifempty
+    missingok
+    su root root
+}