diff --git a/geonetwork/src/main/resources/log4j-imos.xml b/geonetwork/src/main/resources/log4j-imos.xml
index 29c7b0f..3d6d179 100644
--- a/geonetwork/src/main/resources/log4j-imos.xml
+++ b/geonetwork/src/main/resources/log4j-imos.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     <appender name="fileAppender" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender">
         <param name="Threshold" value="ALL"/>
         <param name="File" value="${log_dir}logs/geonetwork.log"/>
+        <param name="MaxFileSize" value="5MB" />
+        <param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="2" />
         <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
             <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ISO8601} %-5p [%c] - %m%n"/>
         </layout>