diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mirror/templates/mirror.vhost.j2 b/playbooks/roles/mirror/templates/mirror.vhost.j2
index 891470296f..36c3640915 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/mirror/templates/mirror.vhost.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/mirror/templates/mirror.vhost.j2
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ ErrorLogFormat "[%{cu}t] [%-m:%l] [pid %P:tid %T] %7F: %E: [client\ %a] %M% , \
     CustomLog /var/log/apache2/mirror_$port_access.log combined-cache
     ServerSignature Off
 
+    AddType text/plain .log .log.1
+
 </Macro>
 
 <VirtualHost *:80>