diff --git a/debian/fail2ban.logrotate b/debian/fail2ban.logrotate
index e3a9ab8a..78137684 100644
--- a/debian/fail2ban.logrotate
+++ b/debian/fail2ban.logrotate
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     delaycompress
     missingok
     postrotate
-	invoke-rc.d --quiet fail2ban reload >/dev/null
+	fail2ban-client set logtarget /var/log/fail2ban.log >/dev/null
     endscript
     create 640 root adm
 }