diff --git a/files/etc/cron.hourly/logrotate b/files/etc/cron.hourly/logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28b38f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/etc/cron.hourly/logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY DISTRIBUTED BY PUPPET.  ANY CHANGES WILL BE
+# OVERWRITTEN.
+
+test -x /usr/sbin/logrotate || exit 0
+/usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/hourly
diff --git a/manifests/hourly.pp b/manifests/hourly.pp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dc2b766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/hourly.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Internal: Configure a host for hourly logrotate jobs.
+#
+# ensure - The desired state of hourly logrotate support.  Valid values are
+#          'absent' and 'present' (default: 'present').
+#
+# Examples
+#
+#   # Set up hourly logrotate jobs
+#   include logrotate::hourly
+#
+#   # Remove hourly logrotate job support
+#   class { 'logrotate::hourly':
+#     ensure => absent,
+#   }
+class logrotate::hourly($ensure='present') {
+  case $ensure {
+    'absent': {
+      $dir_ensure = $ensure
+    }
+    'present': {
+      $dir_ensure = 'directory'
+    }
+    default: {
+      fail("Class[Logrotate::Hourly]: Invalid ensure value '${ensure}'")
+    }
+  }
+
+  file {
+    '/etc/logrotate.d/hourly':
+      ensure => $dir_ensure,
+      owner  => 'root',
+      group  => 'root',
+      mode   => '0755';
+    '/etc/cron.hourly/logrotate':
+      ensure  => $ensure,
+      owner   => 'root',
+      group   => 'root',
+      mode    => '0555',
+      source  => 'puppet:///modules/logrotate/etc/cron.hourly/logrotate',
+      require => [
+        File['/etc/logrotate.d/hourly'],
+        Package['logrotate'],
+      ];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/manifests/rule.pp b/manifests/rule.pp
index 73ebdb6a..321414d8 100644
--- a/manifests/rule.pp
+++ b/manifests/rule.pp
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@
 
   case $rotate_every {
     'undef': {}
+    'hour', 'hourly': {}
     'day': { $_rotate_every = 'daily' }
     'week': { $_rotate_every = 'weekly' }
     'month': { $_rotate_every = 'monthly' }
@@ -371,7 +372,17 @@
 
   include logrotate::base
 
-  file { "/etc/logrotate.d/${name}":
+  case $rotate_every {
+    'hour', 'hourly': {
+      include logrotate::hourly
+      $rule_path = "/etc/logrotate.d/hourly/${name}"
+    }
+    default: {
+      $rule_path = "/etc/logrotate.d/${name}"
+    }
+  }
+
+  file { $rule_path:
     ensure  => $ensure,
     owner   => 'root',
     group   => 'root',
diff --git a/spec/classes/hourly_spec.rb b/spec/classes/hourly_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..213f7ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/classes/hourly_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'logrotate::hourly' do
+  context 'with default values' do
+    it do
+      should contain_file('/etc/logrotate.d/hourly').with({
+        'ensure' => 'directory',
+        'owner'  => 'root',
+        'group'  => 'root',
+        'mode'   => '0755',
+      })
+    end
+
+    it do
+      should contain_file('/etc/cron.hourly/logrotate').with({
+        'ensure'  => 'present',
+        'owner'   => 'root',
+        'group'   => 'root',
+        'mode'    => '0555',
+        'source'  => 'puppet:///modules/logrotate/etc/cron.hourly/logrotate',
+        'require' => [
+          'File[/etc/logrotate.d/hourly]',
+          'Package[logrotate]',
+        ],
+      })
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'with ensure => absent' do
+    let(:params) { {:ensure => 'absent'} }
+
+    it { should contain_file('/etc/logrotate.d/hourly').with_ensure('absent') }
+    it { should contain_file('/etc/cron.hourly/logrotate').with_ensure('absent') }
+  end
+
+  context 'with ensure => foo' do
+    let(:params) { {:ensure => 'foo'} }
+
+    it do
+      expect {
+        should contain_file('/etc/logrotate.d/hourly')
+      }.to raise_error(Puppet::Error, /Invalid ensure value 'foo'/)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/defines/rule_spec.rb b/spec/defines/rule_spec.rb
index b3c41bed..74371bdf 100644
--- a/spec/defines/rule_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/rule_spec.rb
@@ -737,6 +737,15 @@
 
     ###########################################################################
     # ROTATE_EVERY
+    context 'and rotate_every => hour' do
+      let(:params) {
+        {:path => '/var/log/foo.log', :rotate_every => 'hour'}
+      }
+
+      it { should include_class('logrotate::hourly') }
+      it { should contain_file('/etc/logrotate.d/hourly/test') }
+    end
+
     context 'and rotate_every => day' do
       let(:params) {
         {:path => '/var/log/foo.log', :rotate_every => 'day'}