diff --git a/389-ds-container.changes b/389-ds-container.changes
index aa8e5c1..1e45085 100644
--- a/389-ds-container.changes
+++ b/389-ds-container.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>
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 97e1696..90df92d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ LABEL org.opensuse.release-stage="released"
 
 # endlabelprefix
 
-RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends 389-ds timezone openssl nss_synth; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/*
+RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends 389-ds timezone openssl nss_synth; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
 CMD ["/usr/lib/dirsrv/dscontainer", "-r"]
 EXPOSE 3389 3636