diff --git a/deployment/puppet/openstack/files/logrotate-puppet.conf b/deployment/puppet/openstack/files/logrotate-puppet.conf
index 48f8e470b7..9d4f9a1e36 100644
--- a/deployment/puppet/openstack/files/logrotate-puppet.conf
+++ b/deployment/puppet/openstack/files/logrotate-puppet.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /var/log/puppet.log {
 	weekly
 	missingok
+	su root root
 	create 0600 puppet puppet
 	notifempty
 	compress