diff --git a/etc/usr/rc b/etc/usr/rc
index df5103d83..787a0fe5f 100644
--- a/etc/usr/rc
+++ b/etc/usr/rc
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ start)
 
     echo -n "Starting daemons:"
     daemonize update
+    rotate /usr/log/messages 7
     daemonize usyslogd
 
     # Ugly error message when starting cron from CD.