diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bf5379f0f..97ccd5533 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,6 +87,22 @@ if(WIN32)
   add_definitions(/bigobj)
 endif()
 
+if(NOT DEFINED LOGROTATE_HAS_SU)
+  set(LOGROTATE_HAS_SU OFF)
+  execute_process(COMMAND "/usr/sbin/logrotate" ERROR_VARIABLE LOGROTATE_OUTPUT)
+  if(LOGROTATE_OUTPUT)
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^logrotate ([0-9.]*).*" "\\1" LOGROTATE_VERSION
+      ${LOGROTATE_OUTPUT})
+    message(STATUS "Found logrotate (found version \"${LOGROTATE_VERSION}\")")
+    if("${LOGROTATE_VERSION}" VERSION_GREATER "3.7.9")
+      set(LOGROTATE_HAS_SU ON)
+    endif()
+  endif()
+endif()
+if(LOGROTATE_HAS_SU)
+  set(LOGROTATE_USE_SU "\n\tsu ${ICINGA2_USER} ${ICINGA2_GROUP}")
+endif()
+
 find_package(Boost ${BOOST_MIN_VERSION} COMPONENTS thread system program_options regex REQUIRED)
 
 link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
diff --git a/etc/logrotate.d/icinga2.cmake b/etc/logrotate.d/icinga2.cmake
index d96fd7a09..91d8d23d3 100644
--- a/etc/logrotate.d/icinga2.cmake
+++ b/etc/logrotate.d/icinga2.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LOCALSTATEDIR@/log/icinga2/icinga2.log @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LOCALSTATEDIR@/log/icinga2/debug.log {
 	daily
-	rotate 7
+	rotate 7@LOGROTATE_USE_SU@
 	compress
 	delaycompress
 	missingok
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 @CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LOCALSTATEDIR@/log/icinga2/error.log {
 	daily
-	rotate 90
+	rotate 90@LOGROTATE_USE_SU@
 	compress
 	delaycompress
 	missingok