diff --git a/xCAT/debian/dirs b/xCAT/debian/dirs
index f1b529689..5a175ee43 100644
--- a/xCAT/debian/dirs
+++ b/xCAT/debian/dirs
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ opt/xcat/share/xcat
 etc/apache2/conf.d
 etc/apache2/conf-available
 etc/apache2/conf-enabled
+etc/logrotate.d
+etc/rsyslog.d
 opt/xcat/share/doc/packages/xCAT
diff --git a/xCAT/debian/install b/xCAT/debian/install
index 33798984d..ef7f7dd4d 100644
--- a/xCAT/debian/install
+++ b/xCAT/debian/install
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ postscripts/* install/postscripts/
 prescripts/* install/prescripts/
 templates/* opt/xcat/share/xcat/templates/
 xCATMN etc/
+etc/logrotate.d/* etc/logrotate.d/
+etc/rsyslog.d/* etc/rsyslog.d/
diff --git a/xCAT/debian/postinst b/xCAT/debian/postinst
index 509d48446..8165446f4 100644
--- a/xCAT/debian/postinst
+++ b/xCAT/debian/postinst
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ case "$1" in
          ln -s -f /etc/apache2/conf-available/xcat.conf.apach24 /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/xcat.conf
 
 	/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
+
+	kill -HUP $(</var/run/rsyslogd.pid) >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
     ;;
 
     abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)