diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 82da5ae..887b7ab 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 # @param [String] pt_pptdb_ca_crt placeholder for the ca.crt
 # @param [String] pt_pptdb_server_crt placeholder for the server.crt
 # @param [String] pt_pptdb_server_key placeholder for the server.crt
+# @param [String] pt_pptdb_log_max_age the max age for puppetdb logs in days
 ###############################################################################
 class confdroid_puppet::params (
 
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ class confdroid_puppet::params (
   String $pt_pptdb_ca_crt           = 'Changeme',
   String $pt_pptdb_server_crt       = 'Changeme',
   String $pt_pptdb_server_key       = 'Changeme',
+  String $pt_pptdb_log_max_age      = '30',
 
   ## jetty
   String $pt_http_port              = '8080',
diff --git a/templates/puppetdb/logback.xml.erb b/templates/puppetdb/logback.xml.erb
index fb31aad..d13542e 100644
--- a/templates/puppetdb/logback.xml.erb
+++ b/templates/puppetdb/logback.xml.erb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             <fileNamePattern>/var/log/puppetlabs/puppetdb/puppetdb-status-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log.gz</fileNamePattern>
             <!-- each file should be at most 200MB, keep 90 days worth of history, but at most 1GB total-->
             <maxFileSize>200MB</maxFileSize>
-            <maxHistory>90</maxHistory>
+            <maxHistory><%= @pt_pptdb_log_max_age %></maxHistory>
             <totalSizeCap>1GB</totalSizeCap>
         </rollingPolicy>
         <encoder>