diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..40c42032e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/var/log/cloud.log {
+        rotate 4
+        daily
+        missingok
+        notifempty
+        compress
+        delaycompress
+        postrotate
+                pkill socat > /dev/null
+        endscript
+}