diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index cbb72b0..e327699 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ mysql_vendor: 'mariadb'
 mysql_root_password: 'change_me_NOW'
 mysql_notify_restart: true
 mysql_upstream_apt_src: false
+mysql_manage_logrotate: true
 
 # -------------------------------------
 # Configuration
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ mysql_socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'
 
 # Slow query log settings.
 mysql_slow_query_log_enabled: false
-mysql_slow_query_log_file: '/var/log/mysql-slow.log'
+mysql_slow_query_log_file: '/var/log/mysql/mysql_slow.log'
 mysql_slow_query_time: 2
 
 # Memory settings (default values optimized ~512MB RAM).
@@ -57,8 +58,7 @@ mysql_innodb_lock_wait_timeout: 50
 mysql_mysqldump_max_allowed_packet: '64M'
 
 # Logging settings.
-mysql_log: ''
-mysql_log_error: '/var/log/mysql.err'
+mysql_log_error: '/var/log/mysql/mysql_error.log'
 mysql_syslog_tag: 'mysql'
 
 # -------------------------------------
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 9c3d16a..b84c129 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -54,3 +54,9 @@
     host="{{ item.host | default('localhost') }}"
     state=present
   with_items: "{{ mysql_users }}"
+
+- name: TEMPLATE | Deploy logrotate configuration
+  template:
+    src: "etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server.j2"
+    dest: "/etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server"
+  when: mysql_manage_logrotate
diff --git a/templates/etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server.j2 b/templates/etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f988812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+#
+
+# - I put everything in one block and added sharedscripts, so that mysql gets
+#   flush-logs'd only once.
+#   Else the binary logs would automatically increase by n times every day.
+# - The error log is obsolete, messages go to syslog now.
+{{ mysql_log_error }} {% if mysql_slow_query_log_enabled %}{{ mysql_slow_query_log_file }}{% endif %} {
+	daily
+	rotate 7
+	missingok
+	create 640 mysql adm
+	compress
+	sharedscripts
+	postrotate
+          test -x /usr/bin/mysqladmin || exit 0
+          if [ -f `my_print_defaults --mysqld | grep -m 1 -oP "pid-file=\K.+$"` ]; then
+            # If this fails, check debian.conf!
+            mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf --local flush-error-log \
+              flush-engine-log flush-general-log flush-slow-log
+          fi
+	endscript
+}
diff --git a/templates/etc/mysql/my.cnf.j2 b/templates/etc/mysql/my.cnf.j2
index a7e21d5..62edc63 100644
--- a/templates/etc/mysql/my.cnf.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/mysql/my.cnf.j2
@@ -14,21 +14,15 @@ socket = {{ mysql_socket }}
 
 {# TODO: FIX later #}
 # Logging configuration.
-{% if mysql_log_error == 'syslog' or mysql_log == 'syslog' %}
+{% if mysql_log_error == 'syslog' %}
 syslog
 syslog-tag = {{ mysql_syslog_tag }}
 {% else %}
-{% if mysql_log %}
-log = {{ mysql_log }}
-{% endif %}
 log-error = {{ mysql_log_error }}
 {% endif %}
 
 {% if mysql_slow_query_log_enabled %}
 # Slow query log configuration.
-{% if mysql_vendor not in ['mariadb', 'mariadbgalera'] or mysql_mariadb_version | version_compare('10.0', '<') %}
-log_slow_queries = 1
-{% endif %}
 slow_query_log = 1
 slow_query_log_file = {{ mysql_slow_query_log_file }}
 long_query_time = {{ mysql_slow_query_time }}
diff --git a/tests/group_vars/all b/tests/group_vars/all
index a6ea88c..c687c4e 100644
--- a/tests/group_vars/all
+++ b/tests/group_vars/all
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ mysql_extra_configuration:
   innodb_commit_concurrency: 0
 mysql_use_percona_apt: true
 mysql_install_xtrabackup_package: true
+mysql_slow_query_log_enabled: true