diff --git a/packages/bsp/common/etc/cron.daily/armbian-ram-logging b/packages/bsp/common/etc/cron.daily/armbian-ram-logging
index 95188cdbd3..cea8d5a79f 100755
--- a/packages/bsp/common/etc/cron.daily/armbian-ram-logging
+++ b/packages/bsp/common/etc/cron.daily/armbian-ram-logging
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# Only run on systems where logrotate is a cron job
+systemctl is-active --quiet logrotate.timer && exit 0
 /usr/lib/armbian/armbian-ramlog write >/dev/null 2>&1