diff --git a/sys-cluster/placement/files/placement.tmpfile b/sys-cluster/placement/files/placement.tmpfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2dec8cf6ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-cluster/placement/files/placement.tmpfile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+d /var/lib/placement 0750 placement placement -
+d /var/log/placement 0750 placement placement -
diff --git a/sys-cluster/placement/placement-7.0.0.ebuild b/sys-cluster/placement/placement-7.0.0.ebuild
index 483cb33516..513cee6afd 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/placement/placement-7.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/placement/placement-7.0.0.ebuild
@@ -95,4 +95,11 @@ python_install_all() {
 	dobin tools/postgresql-migrate-db.sh
 
 	newtmpfiles "${FILESDIR}/placement.tmpfile" placement.conf
+
+	insinto /etc/logrotate.d
+	newins "${FILESDIR}/placement.logrotate" placement
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	tmpfiles_process placement.conf
 }