diff --git a/config/gvmd.logrotate.in b/config/gvmd.logrotate.in
index 9d52d6932..b1d3aae2b 100644
--- a/config/gvmd.logrotate.in
+++ b/config/gvmd.logrotate.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ${GVM_LOG_DIR}/gvmd.log {
+	su gvm gvm
 	compress
 	missingok
 	notifempty