diff --git a/src/logging/log_daemon_config.c b/src/logging/log_daemon_config.c
index b5849702c4359ddb09e9e107d2408c14d1ecde39..7bf10c69c2cd17df2f07fa015f68a942df180cac 100644
--- a/src/logging/log_daemon_config.c
+++ b/src/logging/log_daemon_config.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ virLogDaemonConfigNew(bool privileged ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
         return NULL;
 
     data->max_clients = 1024;
-    data->max_size = 128 * 1024;
+    data->max_size = 1024 * 1024 * 2;
     data->max_backups = 3;
 
     return data;
diff --git a/src/logging/virtlogd.conf b/src/logging/virtlogd.conf
index fbd92ff8f34048d6ed2498d86853cddfce554571..7ef1ac324f43310ecb27f088b104a6d2c3d43efb 100644
--- a/src/logging/virtlogd.conf
+++ b/src/logging/virtlogd.conf
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
 #max_clients = 1024
 
 
-# Maximum file size before rolling over. Defaults to 128 KB
-#max_size = 131072
+# Maximum file size before rolling over. Defaults to 2 MB
+#max_size = 2097152
 
 # Maximum number of backup files to keep. Defaults to 3,
 # not including the primary active file