diff --git a/linux/system-config/logrotate-qubes b/linux/system-config/logrotate-qubes
index 168a656b..5daf1aeb 100644
--- a/linux/system-config/logrotate-qubes
+++ b/linux/system-config/logrotate-qubes
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 /var/log/qubes/qubes.log {
     create 0640 root qubes
     su root qubes
-    postrotate
-        /bin/systemctl restart qubesd.service >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
-    endscript
 }
 
 /var/log/qubes/vm-*.log {
diff --git a/qubes/log.py b/qubes/log.py
index 1bb780f5..b0a4e37e 100644
--- a/qubes/log.py
+++ b/qubes/log.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ See also: :py:attr:`qubes.vm.qubesvm.QubesVM.log`
 '''
 
 import logging
+import logging.handlers
 import os
 import sys
 import fcntl
@@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ def enable():
         log_path = '/tmp/qubes.log'
     old_umask = os.umask(0o007)
     try:
-        handler_log = logging.FileHandler(log_path, 'a', encoding='utf-8')
+        handler_log = logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler(
+            log_path, 'a', encoding='utf-8')
         fcntl.fcntl(handler_log.stream.fileno(),
             fcntl.F_SETFD, fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC)
     finally:
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ def get_vm_logger(vmname):
         return logger
     old_umask = os.umask(0o007)
     try:
-        handler = logging.FileHandler(
+        handler = logging.handlers.WatchedFileHandler(
             os.path.join(LOGPATH, 'vm-{}.log'.format(vmname)))
         fcntl.fcntl(handler.stream.fileno(),
             fcntl.F_SETFD, fcntl.FD_CLOEXEC)