diff --git a/net-mgmt/librenms/Makefile b/net-mgmt/librenms/Makefile
index f4dc25413e2b..7f3b69ef111c 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/librenms/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/librenms/Makefile
@@ -194,4 +194,9 @@ post-install:
 	@${ECHO_CMD} "@dir(root,www,0775) ${WWWDIR}/${f}" >> ${TMPPLIST}
 .endfor
 
+	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/newsyslog.conf.d
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${FILESDIR}/newsyslog.conf ${STAGEDIR}/${WWWDIR}/contrib/newsyslog.conf
+	@${ECHO_CMD} "@dir etc/newsyslog.conf.d" >> ${TMPPLIST}
+	@${ECHO_CMD} "@sample ${WWWDIR}/contrib/newsyslog.conf etc/newsyslog.conf.d/librenms.conf" >> ${TMPPLIST}
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-mgmt/librenms/files/newsyslog.conf b/net-mgmt/librenms/files/newsyslog.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb319031a011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-mgmt/librenms/files/newsyslog.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# configuration file for newsyslog for librenms
+#
+# see newsyslog.conf(5) for details
+#
+# logfilename          [owner:group]    mode count size when  flags [/pid_file] [sig_num]
+/var/log/librenms/librenms.log	www:www	644  7	   100	*     J	    /var/run/librenms/librenms.pid
+/var/log/librenms/librenms-service.log	www:www	644  7	   100	*     J	    /var/run/librenms/librenms.pid