diff --git a/kitchen.yml b/kitchen.yml
index 2273dbf..4370902 100644
--- a/kitchen.yml
+++ b/kitchen.yml
@@ -467,14 +467,14 @@ suites:
   - name: default
     provisioner:
       dependencies:
-        - name: states
-          path: ./test/salt
+        - name: cron
+          repo: git
+          source: https://github.com/saltstack-formulas/cron-formula.git
       state_top:
         base:
-          'G@os_family:Suse or G@os_family:Debian':
-            - states.cron
           '*':
             - logrotate._mapdata
+            - cron
             - logrotate
       pillars:
         top.sls:
diff --git a/logrotate/config.sls b/logrotate/config.sls
index e509c6b..5e4e3c1 100644
--- a/logrotate/config.sls
+++ b/logrotate/config.sls
@@ -3,22 +3,61 @@
 include:
   - logrotate
 
+{% set ns = namespace(hourly=False) %}
+{% for key, value in logrotate.jobs.items() %}
+{% set contents = value.get('contents', False) %}
+  {% if 'hourly' in (contents or value.config) %}
+    {% set ns.hourly = True %}
+    {% break %}
+  {% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+
 logrotate-config:
   file.managed:
     - name: {{ logrotate.conf_file }}
     - source: salt://logrotate/templates/logrotate.conf.tmpl
     - template: jinja
-    - user: {{ salt['pillar.get']('logrotate:config:user', logrotate.user) }}
-    - group: {{ salt['pillar.get']('logrotate:config:group', logrotate.group) }}
-    - mode: {{ salt['pillar.get']('logrotate:config:mode', '644') }}
+    - user: {{ salt['config.get']('logrotate:config:user', logrotate.user) }}
+    - group: {{ salt['config.get']('logrotate:config:group', logrotate.group) }}
+    - mode: {{ salt['config.get']('logrotate:config:mode', '0644') }}
     - context:
         logrotate: {{ logrotate|tojson }}
 
 logrotate-directory:
   file.directory:
     - name: {{ logrotate.include_dir }}
-    - user: {{ salt['pillar.get']('logrotate:config:user', logrotate.user) }}
-    - group: {{ salt['pillar.get']('logrotate:config:group', logrotate.group) }}
-    - mode: 755
+    - user: {{ salt['config.get']('logrotate:config:user', logrotate.user) }}
+    - group: {{ salt['config.get']('logrotate:config:group', logrotate.group) }}
+    - mode: '0755'
     - makedirs: True
 
+{%- if ns.hourly %}
+logrotate-hourly-config:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: {{ logrotate.hourly_conf_file }}
+    - user: {{ salt['config.get']('logrotate:config:user', logrotate.user) }}
+    - group: {{ salt['config.get']('logrotate:config:group', logrotate.group) }}
+    - mode: {{ salt['config.get']('logrotate:config:mode', '0644') }}
+    - contents:
+      - include {{ logrotate.hourly_include_dir }}
+
+logrotate-hourly-directory:
+  file.directory:
+    - name: {{ logrotate.hourly_include_dir }}
+    - user: {{ logrotate.user }}
+    - group: {{ logrotate.group }}
+    - mode: '0755'
+    - makedirs: True
+
+logrotate-hourly-cron:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: "/etc/cron.hourly/logrotate"
+    - source: salt://logrotate/templates/logrotate.hourly.tmpl
+    - template: jinja
+    - user: {{ salt['config.get']('logrotate:config:user', logrotate.user) }}
+    - group: {{ salt['config.get']('logrotate:config:group', logrotate.group) }}
+    - mode: '0775'
+    - context:
+        logrotate: {{ logrotate|tojson }}
+
+{%- endif %}
diff --git a/logrotate/defaults.yaml b/logrotate/defaults.yaml
index d388275..0c439bf 100644
--- a/logrotate/defaults.yaml
+++ b/logrotate/defaults.yaml
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 # vim: ft=yaml
 ---
 logrotate:
+  bin: /usr/sbin/logrotate
+  status_dir: /var/lib/logrotate
   pkg: logrotate
   conf_file: '/etc/logrotate.conf'
   include_dir: '/etc/logrotate.d'
+  hourly_conf_file: '/etc/logrotate.hourly.conf'
+  hourly_include_dir: '/etc/logrotate.hourly.d'
   user: root
   group: root
   service: cron
diff --git a/logrotate/jobs.sls b/logrotate/jobs.sls
index 2fd905a..9877a6b 100644
--- a/logrotate/jobs.sls
+++ b/logrotate/jobs.sls
@@ -7,9 +7,16 @@ include:
 
 {% for key, value in jobs.items() %}
   {% set contents = value.get('contents', False) %}
+
 logrotate-{{ key }}:
   file.managed:
+  {% if 'hourly' in (contents or value.config) %}
+    - name: {{ logrotate.hourly_include_dir }}/{{ key.split("/")[-1] }}
+    - require:
+      - file: {{ logrotate.hourly_include_dir }}
+  {% else %}
     - name: {{ logrotate.include_dir }}/{{ key.split("/")[-1] }}
+  {% endif %}
     - user: {{ salt['pillar.get']('logrotate:config:user', logrotate.user) }}
     - group: {{ salt['pillar.get']('logrotate:config:group', logrotate.group) }}
     - mode: {{ salt['pillar.get']('logrotate:config:mode', '644') }}
@@ -29,5 +36,5 @@ logrotate-{{ key }}:
         data: {{ value | json }}
       {% endif %}
     {% endif %}
-{%- endfor -%}
 
+{% endfor %}
diff --git a/logrotate/osfamilymap.yaml b/logrotate/osfamilymap.yaml
index b0b5390..8c0c396 100644
--- a/logrotate/osfamilymap.yaml
+++ b/logrotate/osfamilymap.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ Gentoo:
     tabooext: + .keep
     dateext: true
 FreeBSD:
+  bin: /usr/local/sbin/logrotate
+  status_dir: /var/run
   conf_file: /usr/local/etc/logrotate.conf
+  hourly_conf_file: /usr/local/etc/logrotate.hourly.conf
   include_dir: /usr/local/etc/logrotate.d
+  hourly_include_dir: /usr/local/etc/logrotate.hourly.d
   group: wheel
diff --git a/logrotate/templates/logrotate.hourly.tmpl b/logrotate/templates/logrotate.hourly.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f045611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logrotate/templates/logrotate.hourly.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+{{ logrotate.bin  }} -s {{ logrotate.status_dir }}/logrotate.hourly.status {{ logrotate.hourly_conf_file  }}
+EXITVALUE=$?
+if [ $EXITVALUE != 0 ]; then
+    /usr/bin/logger -t logrotate "ALERT exited abnormally with [$EXITVALUE]"
+fi
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index 05059d8..ca4fcb7 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -48,6 +48,22 @@ logrotate:
         - postrotate
         - /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/syslogd.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true
         - endscript
+    nginx_high_traf:
+      path:
+        - /var/log/nginx_high_traf/*.log
+      config:
+        - hourly
+        - missingok
+        - rotate {{ 30 * 24 }}  # keep 1 month's worth of hourly logs
+        - compress
+        - notifempty
+        - dateext
+        - dateformat .%Y-%m-%d-%H00
+        - olddir /var/log/nginx_high_traf/archive
+        - sharedscripts
+        - postrotate
+        - 'kill -USR1 $(cat /var/run/nginx_high_traf.pid)'
+        - endscript
     nginx:
       contents: |
         /var/log/nginx/*.log{
diff --git a/test/integration/default/controls/base.rb b/test/integration/default/controls/base.rb
index 8209c2b..6cbc87b 100644
--- a/test/integration/default/controls/base.rb
+++ b/test/integration/default/controls/base.rb
@@ -43,12 +43,10 @@ end
 control 'logrotate.service.running' do
   title 'The service should be installed, enabled and running'
 
-  only_if('Disabled on Arch Linux') do
-    !%w[arch].include?(platform[:name])
-  end
-
   service =
-    case platform[:family]
+    case system.platform[:family]
+    when 'arch'
+      'cronie'
     when 'redhat', 'fedora'
       'crond'
     else
diff --git a/test/integration/default/controls/jobs.rb b/test/integration/default/controls/jobs.rb
index 9809394..a2d94e4 100644
--- a/test/integration/default/controls/jobs.rb
+++ b/test/integration/default/controls/jobs.rb
@@ -69,3 +69,22 @@ describe file('/etc/logrotate.d/nginx') do
   its('content') { should include 'postrotate' }
   its('content') { should include '  invoke-rc.d nginx rotate >/dev/null 2>&1' }
 end
+
+describe file('/etc/logrotate.hourly.d/nginx_high_traf') do
+  it { should be_file }
+  it { should be_owned_by 'root' }
+  it { should be_grouped_into 'root' }
+  its('mode') { should cmp '0644' }
+  its('content') { should include '/var/log/nginx_high_traf/*.log' }
+  its('content') { should include 'hourly' }
+  its('content') { should include 'missingok' }
+  its('content') { should include 'rotate 720' }
+  its('content') { should include 'compress' }
+  its('content') { should include 'notifempty' }
+  its('content') { should include 'dateext' }
+  its('content') { should include 'dateformat .%Y-%m-%d-%H00' }
+  its('content') { should include 'olddir /var/log/nginx_high_traf/archive' }
+  its('content') { should include 'sharedscripts' }
+  its('content') { should include 'postrotate' }
+  its('content') { should include 'kill -USR1 $(cat /var/run/nginx_high_traf.pid)' }
+end
diff --git a/test/salt/states/cron.sls b/test/salt/states/cron.sls
deleted file mode 100644
index 1570f2f..0000000
--- a/test/salt/states/cron.sls
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-
-cron_package:
-  pkg.installed:
-    - name: cron