diff --git a/docs/configuration/optional-settings.md b/docs/configuration/optional-settings.md
index 600927394..ce31cfd46 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/optional-settings.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/optional-settings.md
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ BASE_PATH = 'netbox/'
 
 ---
 
+## CHANGELOG_RETENTION
+
+Default: 90
+
+The number of days to retain logged changes (object creations, updates, and deletions). Set this to `0` to retain changes in the database indefinitely. (Warning: This will greatly increase database size over time.)
+
+---
+
 ## CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL
 
 Default: False
diff --git a/netbox/extras/middleware.py b/netbox/extras/middleware.py
index 429d8ed55..e4f04f243 100644
--- a/netbox/extras/middleware.py
+++ b/netbox/extras/middleware.py
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+from datetime import timedelta
+import logging
+import random
 import uuid
 
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.db.models.signals import post_delete, post_save
+from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.functional import curry, SimpleLazyObject
 
 from .constants import OBJECTCHANGE_ACTION_CREATE, OBJECTCHANGE_ACTION_DELETE, OBJECTCHANGE_ACTION_UPDATE
+from .models import ObjectChange
 
 
 def record_object_change(user, request_id, instance, **kwargs):
@@ -24,6 +30,15 @@ def record_object_change(user, request_id, instance, **kwargs):
 
     instance.log_change(user, request_id, action)
 
+    # 1% chance of clearing out expired ObjectChanges
+    if settings.CHANGELOG_RETENTION and random.randint(1, 100):
+        cutoff = timezone.now() - timedelta(days=settings.CHANGELOG_RETENTION)
+        purged_count, _ = ObjectChange.objects.filter(
+            time__lt=cutoff
+        ).delete()
+        logger = logging.getLogger('django')
+        logger.info("Automatically purged {} changes past the retention period".format(purged_count))
+
 
 class ChangeLoggingMiddleware(object):
 
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/configuration.example.py b/netbox/netbox/configuration.example.py
index 27a615c32..23d6ba221 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/configuration.example.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/configuration.example.py
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ BANNER_LOGIN = ''
 # BASE_PATH = 'netbox/'
 BASE_PATH = ''
 
+# Maximum number of days to retain logged changes. Set to 0 to retain changes indefinitely. (Default: 90)
+CHANGELOG_RETENTION = 90
+
 # API Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) settings. If CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL is set to True, all origins will be
 # allowed. Otherwise, define a list of allowed origins using either CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST or
 # CORS_ORIGIN_REGEX_WHITELIST. For more information, see https://github.com/ottoyiu/django-cors-headers
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index 83686df94..f526ebf19 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ BANNER_TOP = getattr(configuration, 'BANNER_TOP', '')
 BASE_PATH = getattr(configuration, 'BASE_PATH', '')
 if BASE_PATH:
     BASE_PATH = BASE_PATH.strip('/') + '/'  # Enforce trailing slash only
+CHANGELOG_RETENTION = getattr(configuration, 'CHANGELOG_RETENTION', 90)
 CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = getattr(configuration, 'CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL', False)
 CORS_ORIGIN_REGEX_WHITELIST = getattr(configuration, 'CORS_ORIGIN_REGEX_WHITELIST', [])
 CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST = getattr(configuration, 'CORS_ORIGIN_WHITELIST', [])