diff --git a/meta-common/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_%.bbappend b/meta-common/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_%.bbappend
index 7e28280..c426937 100644
--- a/meta-common/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-common/recipes-extended/rsyslog/rsyslog_%.bbappend
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 SRC_URI += "file://rsyslog.conf \
            file://rsyslog.logrotate \
            file://rotate-event-logs.service \
-           file://rotate-event-logs.timer \
+           file://rotate-event-logs.sh \
            file://rsyslog-override.conf \
 "
 
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
 
 do_install_append() {
         install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/rotate-event-logs.service ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}
-        install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/rotate-event-logs.timer ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}
         install -d ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/rsyslog.service.d
         install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/rsyslog-override.conf \
                         ${D}${systemd_system_unitdir}/rsyslog.service.d/rsyslog-override.conf
+        install -d ${D}${bindir}
+        install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/rotate-event-logs.sh ${D}/${bindir}/rotate-event-logs.sh
         rm ${D}${sysconfdir}/rsyslog.d/imjournal.conf
 }
 
-SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} += " rotate-event-logs.service rotate-event-logs.timer"
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} += " rotate-event-logs.service"