diff --git a/daily.php b/daily.php
index ff8644a68..fa0055eef 100644
--- a/daily.php
+++ b/daily.php
@@ -16,9 +16,21 @@ if ( $options['f'] === 'update') { echo $config['update']; }
 
 if ( $options['f'] === 'syslog') {
   if ( is_numeric($config['syslog_purge'])) {
-    if ( dbDelete('syslog', "timestamp < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL ? DAY)", array($config['syslog_purge'])) ) {
-      echo 'Syslog cleared for entries over ' . $config['syslog_purge'] . " days\n";
+    $rows = dbFetchRow("SELECT MIN(seq) FROM syslog");
+    $loop = 1;
+    while($loop == 1) {
+      $limit = dbFetchRow("SELECT seq FROM syslog WHERE seq >= ? ORDER BY seq LIMIT 1000,1", array($rows));
+      if(empty($limit)) {
+        $loop = 0;
+      }
+      if ( dbDelete('syslog', "seq >= ? AND seq < ? AND timestamp < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL ? DAY)", array($rows,$limit,$config['syslog_purge'])) > 0) {
+        $rows = $limit;
+        echo 'Syslog cleared for entries over ' . $config['syslog_purge'] . " days 1000 limit\n";
+      } else {
+        $loop = 0;
+      }
     }
+    dbDelete('syslog', "seq >= ? AND timestamp < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL ? DAY)", array($rows,$config['syslog_purge']));
   }
 }
 if ( $options['f'] === 'eventlog') {
@@ -28,5 +40,12 @@ if ( $options['f'] === 'eventlog') {
     }
   }
 }
+if ( $options['f'] === 'authlog') {
+    if ( is_numeric($config['authlog_purge'])) {
+        if ( dbDelete('authlog', "datetime < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL ? DAY)", array($config['authlog_purge'])) ) {
+            echo 'Authlog cleared for entries over ' . $config['authlog_purge'] . " days\n";
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 ?>
diff --git a/daily.sh b/daily.sh
index a85400d44..b74705666 100644
--- a/daily.sh
+++ b/daily.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ fi
 
 php daily.php -f syslog
 php daily.php -f eventlog
+php daily.php -f authlog
diff --git a/includes/defaults.inc.php b/includes/defaults.inc.php
index 170134d6c..4038326c3 100644
--- a/includes/defaults.inc.php
+++ b/includes/defaults.inc.php
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ $config['update'] = 1;
 # Purge syslog and eventlog
 $config['syslog_purge']                                   = 30; # Number in days of how long to keep syslog entries for.
 $config['eventlog_purge']                                 = 30; # Number in days of how long to keep eventlog entries for.
+$config['authlog_purge']                                  = 30; # Number in days of how long to keep authlog entries for.
 
 # Date format for PHP date()s
 $config['dateformat']['long']                             = "r"; # RFC2822 style