diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9b5f5ad..51eafaa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ LABEL org.opensuse.release-stage="released"
 
 # endlabelprefix
 
-RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends mariadb-client; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/*
+RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends mariadb-client; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
 CMD ["mariadb"]
diff --git a/mariadb-client-image.changes b/mariadb-client-image.changes
index c52d407..259ca77 100644
--- a/mariadb-client-image.changes
+++ b/mariadb-client-image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 12 12:03:53 UTC 2024 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- Don't wipe everything in /var/log, only remove log files (this omits directories owned by packages)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 17 14:29:14 UTC 2024 - Dan Čermák <dcermak@suse.com>