diff --git a/docker/cron/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/cron/Dockerfile.j2
index bb3b2ef..e05a104 100644
--- a/docker/cron/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/cron/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
 RUN apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
         cron \
         logrotate \
-    && apt-get clean
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && pip install --no-cache-dir elasticsearch-curator=={{ elasticsearch_curator_version }}
diff --git a/service/elasticsearch.yaml b/service/elasticsearch.yaml
index d5e6de4..3e17b42 100644
--- a/service/elasticsearch.yaml
+++ b/service/elasticsearch.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,28 @@ service:
         command: /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch
         files:
           - elasticsearch.yml
+    - name: cron
+      image: cron
+      probes:
+        readiness: "true"
+        liveness: "true"
+      daemon:
+        command: cron -f
+        files:
+          - es-curator-config
+          - es-curator-action-delete-indice
+          - es-curator-cronjob
 files:
   elasticsearch.yml:
     path: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml
     content: elasticsearch.yml.j2
+  es-curator-config:
+    path: /etc/curator/curator.yaml
+    content: curator.yaml.j2
+  es-curator-action-delete-indice:
+    path: /etc/curator/action-delete-indice.yaml
+    content: curator-action-delete-indice.yaml.j2
+  es-curator-cronjob:
+    path: /etc/cron.d/curator
+    content: curator-cronjob
+    perm: "0644"
diff --git a/service/files/curator-action-delete-indice.yaml.j2 b/service/files/curator-action-delete-indice.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd9d524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/files/curator-action-delete-indice.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+# Remember, leave a key empty if there is no value.  None will be a string,
+# not a Python "NoneType"
+actions:
+  1:
+    action: delete_indices
+    description: >-
+      Delete indices older than {{ elasticsearch_retention_period }} days
+      (based on index name), for 'log-' prefixed indices. Ignore the error
+      if the filter does not result in an actionable list of indices
+      (ignore_empty_list) and exit cleanly.
+    options:
+      ignore_empty_list: True
+      timeout_override:
+      continue_if_exception: False
+      disable_action: False
+    filters:
+    - filtertype: pattern
+      kind: prefix
+      value: log-
+      exclude:
+    - filtertype: age
+      source: name
+      direction: older
+      timestring: '%Y.%m.%d'
+      unit: days
+      unit_count: {{ elasticsearch_retention_period }}
+      exclude:
+
diff --git a/service/files/curator-cronjob b/service/files/curator-cronjob
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bfc7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/files/curator-cronjob
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@daily root curator --config /etc/curator/curator.yaml /etc/curator/action-delete-indice.yaml
diff --git a/service/files/curator.yaml.j2 b/service/files/curator.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6879eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/files/curator.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+# Remember, leave a key empty if there is no value.  None will be a string,
+# not a Python "NoneType"
+client:
+  hosts:
+    - localhost
+  port: {{ elasticsearch_port }}
+  url_prefix:
+  use_ssl: False
+  certificate:
+  ssl_no_validate: False
+  timeout: 30
+  master_only: True
diff --git a/service/files/defaults.yaml b/service/files/defaults.yaml
index 380ec7b..fd5a2a0 100644
--- a/service/files/defaults.yaml
+++ b/service/files/defaults.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 configs:
   elasticsearch_port: 9200
   elasticsearch_cluster_port: 9300
+  elasticsearch_retention_period: 30
   kibana_port: 5601
   heka_max_procs: 2
   heka_service_pattern: "^k8s_(.-)%..*"
@@ -24,3 +25,4 @@ versions:
   grafana_version: "3.0.3-1463994644"
   elasticsearch_version: "2.4.0"
   kibana_version: "4.6.1"
+  elasticsearch_curator_version: "4.1.0"