diff --git a/rabbitmq-server.changes b/rabbitmq-server.changes
index 594d50e..9eaf98f 100644
--- a/rabbitmq-server.changes
+++ b/rabbitmq-server.changes
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Wed Dec 13 12:13:03 UTC 2017 - vuntz@suse.com
 - Add ocf-pull-request-66.patch: do not consider transient local
   failures as failures of remote nodes.
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Dec 12 12:26:10 UTC 2017 - ilausuch@suse.com
+
+- modified logrotate to use rabbitmqctl to force the creation of the 
+  log file after logrotation 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 23 13:53:44 UTC 2017 - rbrown@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rabbitmq-server.logrotate b/rabbitmq-server.logrotate
index aaa9267..2ad860e 100644
--- a/rabbitmq-server.logrotate
+++ b/rabbitmq-server.logrotate
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         notifempty
         sharedscripts
         postrotate
-            /sbin/service rabbitmq-server rotate-logs > /dev/null
+              /usr/sbin/rabbitmqctl rotate_logs > /dev/null
         endscript
         su rabbitmq rabbitmq
 }