diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
index c26e63c8f754..dfeb5589dbab 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/pom.xml
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@
       <artifactId>disruptor</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>apache-log4j-extras</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/bin/LICENSE.txt b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/bin/LICENSE.txt
index 63010a1b61bc..3b3e1b043ed6 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/bin/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/bin/LICENSE.txt
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ Apache License 2.0
    jakarta.validation:jakarta.validation-api
    javax.enterprise:cdi-api
    javax.inject:javax.inject
+   log4j:apache-log4j-extras
    net.java.dev.jna:jna
    net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform
    org.apache.commons:commons-compress
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/jar-report.txt b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/jar-report.txt
index 12019399d9b2..dddc45c0d965 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/jar-report.txt
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/main/license/jar-report.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ share/ozone/lib/aircompressor.jar
 share/ozone/lib/animal-sniffer-annotations.jar
 share/ozone/lib/annotations.jar
 share/ozone/lib/annotations.jar
+share/ozone/lib/apache-log4j-extras.jar
 share/ozone/lib/aopalliance.jar
 share/ozone/lib/aopalliance-repackaged.jar
 share/ozone/lib/asm-analysis.jar
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/shell/conf/log4j.properties b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/shell/conf/log4j.properties
index ae3c6f51cf3a..f2fd2ddf6925 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/shell/conf/log4j.properties
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/dist/src/shell/conf/log4j.properties
@@ -31,21 +31,40 @@ log4j.appender.NullAppender=org.apache.log4j.varia.NullAppender
 #
 # Rolling File Appender - cap space usage at 5gb.
 #
-hadoop.log.maxfilesize=256MB
-hadoop.log.maxbackupindex=20
-log4j.appender.RFA=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.RFA.File=${hadoop.log.dir}/${hadoop.log.file}
+#hadoop.log.maxfilesize=256MB
+#hadoop.log.maxbackupindex=20
+#log4j.appender.RFA=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+#log4j.appender.RFA.File=${hadoop.log.dir}/${hadoop.log.file}
 
-log4j.appender.RFA.MaxFileSize=${hadoop.log.maxfilesize}
-log4j.appender.RFA.MaxBackupIndex=${hadoop.log.maxbackupindex}
+#log4j.appender.RFA.MaxFileSize=${hadoop.log.maxfilesize}
+#log4j.appender.RFA.MaxBackupIndex=${hadoop.log.maxbackupindex}
 
-log4j.appender.RFA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+#log4j.appender.RFA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 
 # Pattern format: Date LogLevel LoggerName LogMessage
-log4j.appender.RFA.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [%t] %p %c: %m%n
+#log4j.appender.RFA.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [%t] %p %c: %m%n
 # Debugging Pattern format
 #log4j.appender.RFA.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [%t] %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
 
+#
+# Rolling File Appender that gzip rolled over log files
+#
+
+log4j.appender.RFA=org.apache.log4j.rolling.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.RFA.rollingPolicy=org.apache.log4j.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy
+log4j.appender.RFA.triggeringPolicy=org.apache.log4j.rolling.SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy
+
+log4j.appender.RFA.rollingPolicy.ActiveFileName=${hadoop.log.dir}/${hadoop.log.file}
+log4j.appender.RFA.rollingPolicy.FileNamePattern=${hadoop.log.dir}/${hadoop.log.file}-%i.gz
+#MaxFileSize param accepts a long value
+log4j.appender.RFA.triggeringPolicy.MaxFileSize=268435456
+log4j.appender.RFA.rollingPolicy.maxIndex=10
+
+log4j.appender.RFA.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+
+# Pattern format: Date LogLevel LoggerName LogMessage
+log4j.appender.RFA.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [%t] %p %c: %m%n
+
 #
 # Async Rolling File Appender
 #
@@ -55,8 +74,9 @@ log4j.appender.ASYNCRFA.maxFileSize=${hadoop.log.maxfilesize}
 log4j.appender.ASYNCRFA.maxBackupIndex=${hadoop.log.maxbackupindex}
 log4j.appender.ASYNCRFA.conversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [%t] %p %c: %m%n
 
+
 #
-# Daily Rolling File Appender
+# Daily Rolling File Appender that creates a new log file each day based on date pattern
 #
 
 log4j.appender.DRFA=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b6a3293e1638..48cc3751185d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -656,6 +656,17 @@
         <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
         <version>${joda.time.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-log4j-extras</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.17</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
         <artifactId>jna</artifactId>