diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9bb5bdd647b9..2bccf19997ff 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ _trial_temp*/
 # stuff that is likely to exist when you run a server locally
 /*.db
 /*.log
+/*.log.*
 /*.log.config
 /*.pid
 /.python-version
diff --git a/changelog.d/9018.misc b/changelog.d/9018.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb31eb4a4615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/9018.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Ignore date-rotated homeserver logs saved to disk.