diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c3774fa6ad0cd5dbe6ad0dadc3187175fc978844..176c038ebca00355546f8543fdc91ed6d3bc045c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ AMI
    res_manager_presence_state.so. If the high frequency of these events is
    problematic for you, do not load these modules.
 
+ * New AMI action LoggerRotate reloads and rotates logger in the same manner
+   as CLI command 'logger rotate'
+
 chan_dahdi
 ------------------
  * SS7 support now requires libss7 v2.0 or later.
diff --git a/include/asterisk/logger.h b/include/asterisk/logger.h
index bd9c9c7bdf8b3654d77241f316aa1d38e4885e3c..e105683206de9519790856f7815b99d1b807880e 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/logger.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/logger.h
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ void ast_log_backtrace(void);
 /*! \brief Reload logger without rotating log files */
 int logger_reload(void);
 
+/*! \brief Reload logger while rotating log files */
+int ast_logger_rotate(void);
+
 void __attribute__((format(printf, 5, 6))) ast_queue_log(const char *queuename, const char *callid, const char *agent, const char *event, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /*!
diff --git a/main/logger.c b/main/logger.c
index c58b97c97b60d024cd7f2b0e2260488f0aafa8ec..86cd0d4a661c853f6236df05546f7650403cba99 100644
--- a/main/logger.c
+++ b/main/logger.c
@@ -928,6 +928,11 @@ static char *handle_logger_rotate(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_c
 	return CLI_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+int ast_logger_rotate()
+{
+	return reload_logger(1, NULL);
+}
+
 static char *handle_logger_set_level(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_args *a)
 {
 	int x;
diff --git a/main/manager.c b/main/manager.c
index 6e056a163387b5f2cf6ded123ee4438957206a19..253517d96049948dc9410655f9a4361a3958f7fb 100644
--- a/main/manager.c
+++ b/main/manager.c
@@ -802,6 +802,17 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 			<para>List currently defined channels and some information about them.</para>
 		</description>
 	</manager>
+	<manager name="LoggerRotate" language="en_US">
+		<synopsis>
+			Reload and rotate the Asterisk logger.
+		</synopsis>
+		<syntax>
+			<xi:include xpointer="xpointer(/docs/manager[@name='Login']/syntax/parameter[@name='ActionID'])" />
+		</syntax>
+		<description>
+			<para>Reload and rotate the logger. Analogous to the CLI command 'logger rotate'.</para>
+		</description>
+	</manager>
 	<manager name="ModuleLoad" language="en_US">
 		<synopsis>
 			Module management.
@@ -5444,6 +5455,19 @@ static int action_coreshowchannels(struct mansession *s, const struct message *m
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*! \brief  Manager command "LoggerRotate" - reloads and rotates the logger in
+ *          the same manner as the CLI command 'logger rotate'. */
+static int action_loggerrotate(struct mansession *s, const struct message *m)
+{
+	if (ast_logger_rotate()) {
+		astman_send_error(s, m, "Failed to reload the logger and rotate log files");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	astman_send_ack(s, m, "Reloaded the logger and rotated log files");
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*! \brief Manager function to check if module is loaded */
 static int manager_modulecheck(struct mansession *s, const struct message *m)
 {
@@ -7930,6 +7954,7 @@ static void manager_shutdown(void)
 	ast_manager_unregister("CoreSettings");
 	ast_manager_unregister("CoreStatus");
 	ast_manager_unregister("Reload");
+	ast_manager_unregister("LoggerRotate");
 	ast_manager_unregister("CoreShowChannels");
 	ast_manager_unregister("ModuleLoad");
 	ast_manager_unregister("ModuleCheck");
@@ -8126,6 +8151,7 @@ static int __init_manager(int reload, int by_external_config)
 		ast_manager_register_xml_core("CoreSettings", EVENT_FLAG_SYSTEM | EVENT_FLAG_REPORTING, action_coresettings);
 		ast_manager_register_xml_core("CoreStatus", EVENT_FLAG_SYSTEM | EVENT_FLAG_REPORTING, action_corestatus);
 		ast_manager_register_xml_core("Reload", EVENT_FLAG_CONFIG | EVENT_FLAG_SYSTEM, action_reload);
+		ast_manager_register_xml_core("LoggerRotate", EVENT_FLAG_SYSTEM | EVENT_FLAG_REPORTING, action_loggerrotate);
 		ast_manager_register_xml_core("CoreShowChannels", EVENT_FLAG_SYSTEM | EVENT_FLAG_REPORTING, action_coreshowchannels);
 		ast_manager_register_xml_core("ModuleLoad", EVENT_FLAG_SYSTEM, manager_moduleload);
 		ast_manager_register_xml_core("ModuleCheck", EVENT_FLAG_SYSTEM, manager_modulecheck);