diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 953d7f6..3dbdfed 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ docker_py_version: 1.2.3
 docker_rotate_version: 2.0.1
 
 
+# Python regex of image names to remove. Use a '~' prefix for negative match.
+#
+# https://github.com/locationlabs/docker-rotate
+docker_rotate_containers_images_filter: ~busybox
+
 # Log rotate interval. Log files will be rotated after this interval.
 
 docker_log_rotate_interval: "daily"
diff --git a/files/docker-rotate b/files/docker-rotate
deleted file mode 100644
index 88c48a1..0000000
--- a/files/docker-rotate
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Remove docker images keeping the last 3 of each type
-docker-rotate images --keep 3
-# Remove docker containers that have exited over an hour ago
-# and were created over a day ago>  Exclude containers based on busybox
-# which are typically used for data volumes.
-docker-rotate containers --exited 1h --created 1d --images ~busybox
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 8aa5c54..a0e4f59 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   pip: name=dockerrotate version="{{ docker_rotate_version}}"
 
 - name: install docker-rotate cron script
-  copy: src=docker-rotate dest=/etc/cron.daily/ mode=755
+  template: src=docker-rotate dest=/etc/cron.daily/ mode=755
 
 - name: push logrotate config file for docker container json logs
   template: src=logrotate.conf.j2 dest=/etc/logrotate.d/docker
diff --git a/templates/docker-rotate b/templates/docker-rotate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a73ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/docker-rotate
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Remove docker images keeping the last 3 of each type
+docker-rotate images --keep 3
+# Remove docker containers that have exited over an hour ago
+# and were created over a day ago
+docker-rotate containers --exited 1h --created 1d --images {{ docker_rotate_containers_images_filter }}