diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/static.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/static.pp
index c71a0996f8..941682c84f 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/static.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/static.pp
@@ -52,4 +52,11 @@ class openstack_project::static (
     ensure => directory
   }
 
+  cron { "gziplogs":
+    user => root,
+    hour => "*/6",
+    command => 'sleep $((RANDOM\%600)) && flock -n /var/run/gziplogs.lock find /srv/static/logs/ \( -name \*.txt -or -name \*.html \) -exec gzip \{\} \;',
+    environment => "PATH=/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin",
+  }
+
 }