diff --git a/distribution/conf/application.properties b/distribution/conf/application.properties
index cef4cbae3ee..2583f799238 100644
--- a/distribution/conf/application.properties
+++ b/distribution/conf/application.properties
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ management.metrics.export.influx.enabled=false
 server.tomcat.accesslog.enabled=true
 
 ### file name pattern, one file per hour
+server.tomcat.accesslog.rotate=true
 server.tomcat.accesslog.file-date-format=.yyyy-MM-dd-HH
 ### The access log pattern:
 server.tomcat.accesslog.pattern=%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b %D %{User-Agent}i %{Request-Source}i