diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 04d4d7728d5..e223b4da442 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ Optimizations
 
 * SOLR-9506: cache IndexFingerprint for each segment (Pushkar Raste, yonik, noble)
 
+* SOLR-7506: Roll over GC logs by default via bin/solr scripts (shalin, janhoy)
 
 Other Changes
 ----------------------
diff --git a/solr/bin/solr b/solr/bin/solr
index d2936dee420..9d55e0a41f8 100755
--- a/solr/bin/solr
+++ b/solr/bin/solr
@@ -1411,13 +1411,14 @@ if [ -z ${GC_LOG_OPTS+x} ]; then
 else
   GC_LOG_OPTS=($GC_LOG_OPTS)
 fi
-# if verbose gc logging enabled, setup the location of the log file
+
+# if verbose gc logging enabled, setup the location of the log file and rotation
 if [ "$GC_LOG_OPTS" != "" ]; then
   gc_log_flag="-Xloggc"
   if [ "$JAVA_VENDOR" == "IBM J9" ]; then
     gc_log_flag="-Xverbosegclog"
   fi
-  GC_LOG_OPTS+=("$gc_log_flag:$SOLR_LOGS_DIR/solr_gc.log")
+  GC_LOG_OPTS+=("$gc_log_flag:$SOLR_LOGS_DIR/solr_gc.log" -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=9 -XX:GCLogFileSize=20M)
 fi
 
 # If ZK_HOST is defined, the assume SolrCloud mode
diff --git a/solr/bin/solr.cmd b/solr/bin/solr.cmd
index 317a7890933..4ab188fe704 100644
--- a/solr/bin/solr.cmd
+++ b/solr/bin/solr.cmd
@@ -1013,23 +1013,23 @@ IF NOT EXIST "%SOLR_SERVER_DIR%\tmp" (
 )
 
 IF "%JAVA_VENDOR%" == "IBM J9" (
-  set "GCLOG_OPT=-Xverbosegclog"
+  set GCLOG_OPT="-Xverbosegclog:!SOLR_LOGS_DIR!\solr_gc.log" -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=9 -XX:GCLogFileSize=20M
 ) else (
-  set "GCLOG_OPT=-Xloggc"
+  set GCLOG_OPT="-Xloggc:!SOLR_LOGS_DIR!\solr_gc.log" -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=9 -XX:GCLogFileSize=20M
 )
 
 IF "%FG%"=="1" (
   REM run solr in the foreground
   title "Solr-%SOLR_PORT%"
   echo %SOLR_PORT%>"%SOLR_TIP%"\bin\solr-%SOLR_PORT%.port
-  "%JAVA%" %SERVEROPT% %SOLR_JAVA_MEM% %START_OPTS% %GCLOG_OPT%:"!SOLR_LOGS_DIR!/solr_gc.log" ^
+  "%JAVA%" %SERVEROPT% %SOLR_JAVA_MEM% %START_OPTS% %GCLOG_OPT% ^
     -Dlog4j.configuration="%LOG4J_CONFIG%" -DSTOP.PORT=!STOP_PORT! -DSTOP.KEY=%STOP_KEY% ^
     -Dsolr.solr.home="%SOLR_HOME%" -Dsolr.install.dir="%SOLR_TIP%" ^
     -Djetty.host=%SOLR_JETTY_HOST% -Djetty.port=%SOLR_PORT% -Djetty.home="%SOLR_SERVER_DIR%" ^
     -Djava.io.tmpdir="%SOLR_SERVER_DIR%\tmp" -jar start.jar "%SOLR_JETTY_CONFIG%"
 ) ELSE (
   START /B "Solr-%SOLR_PORT%" /D "%SOLR_SERVER_DIR%" ^
-    "%JAVA%" %SERVEROPT% %SOLR_JAVA_MEM% %START_OPTS% %GCLOG_OPT%:"!SOLR_LOGS_DIR!/solr_gc.log" ^
+    "%JAVA%" %SERVEROPT% %SOLR_JAVA_MEM% %START_OPTS% %GCLOG_OPT% ^
     -Dlog4j.configuration="%LOG4J_CONFIG%" -DSTOP.PORT=!STOP_PORT! -DSTOP.KEY=%STOP_KEY% ^
     -Dsolr.log.muteconsole ^
     -Dsolr.solr.home="%SOLR_HOME%" -Dsolr.install.dir="%SOLR_TIP%" ^
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SolrCLI.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SolrCLI.java
index 76e5ee94861..ebaeda808fa 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SolrCLI.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SolrCLI.java
@@ -3444,13 +3444,13 @@ public class SolrCLI {
         Files.createDirectories(archivePath);
       }
       List<Path> archived = Files.find(archivePath, 1, (f, a) 
-          -> a.isRegularFile() && String.valueOf(f.getFileName()).startsWith("solr_gc_"))
+          -> a.isRegularFile() && String.valueOf(f.getFileName()).matches("^solr_gc[_.].+"))
           .collect(Collectors.toList());
       for (Path p : archived) {
         Files.delete(p);
       }
       List<Path> files = Files.find(logsPath, 1, (f, a) 
-          -> a.isRegularFile() && String.valueOf(f.getFileName()).startsWith("solr_gc_"))
+          -> a.isRegularFile() && String.valueOf(f.getFileName()).matches("^solr_gc[_.].+"))
           .collect(Collectors.toList());
       if (files.size() > 0) {
         out("Archiving " + files.size() + " old GC log files to " + archivePath);
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/util/UtilsToolTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/util/UtilsToolTest.java
index 6b2d31cdeae..0ca65edf108 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/util/UtilsToolTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/util/UtilsToolTest.java
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ public class UtilsToolTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
       "solr_log_20160304", 
       "solr-8983-console.log",
       "solr_gc_log_20160102", 
+      "solr_gcnotremove", 
+      "solr_gc.log", 
+      "solr_gc.log.0", 
+      "solr_gc.log.0.current", 
       "solr_gc_log_2");
   
   @Before
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ public class UtilsToolTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     String[] args = {"utils", "-archive_gc_logs", "-l", dir.toString()};
     assertEquals(files.size(), fileCount());
     assertEquals(0, runTool(args));
-    assertEquals(files.size()-2, fileCount());
+    assertEquals(files.size()-5, fileCount());
     assertFalse(listFiles().contains("solr_gc_log_2"));
     assertTrue(Files.exists(dir.resolve("archived").resolve("solr_gc_log_2")));
     assertEquals(0, runTool(args));