diff --git a/linux_os/guide/system/logging/log_rotation/ensure_logrotate_activated/ansible/shared.yml b/linux_os/guide/system/logging/log_rotation/ensure_logrotate_activated/ansible/shared.yml
index 9145e904406..4f7cfb5dbe0 100644
--- a/linux_os/guide/system/logging/log_rotation/ensure_logrotate_activated/ansible/shared.yml
+++ b/linux_os/guide/system/logging/log_rotation/ensure_logrotate_activated/ansible/shared.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
     regexp: '^[\s]*(weekly|monthly|yearly)$'
     state: absent
 
+{{% if 'sle' in product %}}
+- name: Enable timer logrotate
+  systemd:
+    name: "logrotate.timer"
+    enabled: "yes"
+    state: "started"
+{{% else %}}
 - name: Configure cron.daily if not already
   block:
     - name: Add shebang
@@ -31,3 +38,4 @@
         path: "/etc/cron.daily/logrotate"
         line: '/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf'
         regexp: '^[\s]*/usr/sbin/logrotate[\s\S]*/etc/logrotate.conf$'
+{{% endif %}}
diff --git a/linux_os/guide/system/logging/log_rotation/ensure_logrotate_activated/bash/shared.sh b/linux_os/guide/system/logging/log_rotation/ensure_logrotate_activated/bash/shared.sh
index 08c4f0be8a4..6fc205f88ec 100644
--- a/linux_os/guide/system/logging/log_rotation/ensure_logrotate_activated/bash/shared.sh
+++ b/linux_os/guide/system/logging/log_rotation/ensure_logrotate_activated/bash/shared.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,15 @@ grep -q "^daily$" $LOGROTATE_CONF_FILE|| echo "daily" >> $LOGROTATE_CONF_FILE
 # remove any line configuring weekly, monthly or yearly rotation
 sed -i '/^\s*\(weekly\|monthly\|yearly\).*$/d' $LOGROTATE_CONF_FILE
 
+{{% if 'sle' in product %}}
+# enable logrotate timer service
+SYSTEMCTL_EXEC='/usr/bin/systemctl'
+"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" start 'logrotate.timer'
+"$SYSTEMCTL_EXEC" enable 'logrotate.timer'
+{{% else %}}
 # configure cron.daily if not already
 if ! grep -q "^[[:space:]]*/usr/sbin/logrotate[[:alnum:][:blank:][:punct:]]*$LOGROTATE_CONF_FILE$" $CRON_DAILY_LOGROTATE_FILE; then
 	echo "#!/bin/sh" > $CRON_DAILY_LOGROTATE_FILE
 	echo "/usr/sbin/logrotate $LOGROTATE_CONF_FILE" >> $CRON_DAILY_LOGROTATE_FILE
 fi
+{{% endif %}}