diff --git a/templates/daemon.json.j2 b/templates/daemon.json.j2
index 0ae0e65..9aaccda 100644
--- a/templates/daemon.json.j2
+++ b/templates/daemon.json.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
   "data-root": "{{ docker_host_data_dir }}",
   "default-address-pools": [
     { "base": "172.18.0.0/16", "size": 24 }
-  ]{% if docker_host_user_namespaces is true %},
+  ],
+  "log-driver": "local",
+  "log-opts": {
+    "max-size": "20m",
+    "max-file": "10",
+    "compress": "true"
+  }{% if docker_host_user_namespaces is true %},
   "userns-remap": "default"
 {% endif %}