diff --git a/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/action/FileRenameActionTest.java b/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/action/FileRenameActionTest.java
index 7309e6e7ccf..ebbd93a9b35 100644
--- a/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/action/FileRenameActionTest.java
+++ b/log4j-core-test/src/test/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/action/FileRenameActionTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junitpioneer.jupiter.Issue;
 
 public class FileRenameActionTest {
 
@@ -97,4 +98,28 @@ public void testNoParent() throws Exception {
         assertTrue(dest.exists(), "Renamed file does not exist");
         assertFalse(file.exists(), "Old file exists");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    @Issue("https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/2592")
+    public void testRenameForMissingFile() throws Exception {
+        final File file = new File("fileRename.log");
+        final File dest = new File(tempDir, "newFile.log");
+        FileRenameAction action = new FileRenameAction(file, dest, true);
+        boolean renameResult = action.execute();
+        assertTrue(renameResult, "Rename action returned false");
+        assertTrue(dest.exists(), "Renamed file does not exist");
+        assertFalse(file.exists(), "Old file exists");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Issue("https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/2592")
+    public void testRenameForMissingFileWithoutEmptyFilesRenaming() throws Exception {
+        final File file = new File("fileRename.log");
+        final File dest = new File(tempDir, "newFile.log");
+        FileRenameAction action = new FileRenameAction(file, dest, false);
+        boolean renameResult = action.execute();
+        assertTrue(renameResult, "Rename action returned false");
+        assertFalse(dest.exists(), "Renamed file should not exist");
+        assertFalse(file.exists(), "Old file exists");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/action/FileRenameAction.java b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/action/FileRenameAction.java
index e7bb2376db7..9d84d02eb54 100644
--- a/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/action/FileRenameAction.java
+++ b/log4j-core/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/core/appender/rolling/action/FileRenameAction.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.action;
 
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
@@ -166,12 +167,38 @@ public static boolean execute(final File source, final File destination, final b
                                 }
                             }
                         } catch (final IOException exCopy) {
-                            LOGGER.error(
-                                    "Unable to copy file {} to {}: {} {}",
-                                    source.getAbsolutePath(),
-                                    destination.getAbsolutePath(),
-                                    exCopy.getClass().getName(),
-                                    exCopy.getMessage());
+                            if (source.isFile()) {
+                                LOGGER.error(
+                                        "Unable to copy file {} to {}: {} {}",
+                                        source.getAbsolutePath(),
+                                        destination.getAbsolutePath(),
+                                        exCopy.getClass().getName(),
+                                        exCopy.getMessage());
+                            } else {
+                                LOGGER.debug(
+                                        "Unable to copy file {} to {}: {} {} - will try to create destination since source file does not exist",
+                                        source.getAbsolutePath(),
+                                        destination.getAbsolutePath(),
+                                        exCopy.getClass().getName(),
+                                        exCopy.getMessage());
+                                try {
+                                    Files.copy(
+                                            new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[0]),
+                                            destination.toPath(),
+                                            StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+                                    result = true;
+                                    LOGGER.trace(
+                                            "Created file {} since {} does not exist",
+                                            destination.getAbsolutePath(),
+                                            source.getAbsolutePath());
+                                } catch (final IOException exCreate) {
+                                    LOGGER.error(
+                                            "Unable to create file {}: {} {}",
+                                            destination.getAbsolutePath(),
+                                            exCreate.getClass().getName(),
+                                            exCreate.getMessage());
+                                }
+                            }
                         }
                     } else {
                         LOGGER.trace(
@@ -191,7 +218,8 @@ public static boolean execute(final File source, final File destination, final b
             }
         } else {
             try {
-                return source.delete();
+                Files.deleteIfExists(source.toPath());
+                return true;
             } catch (final Exception exDelete) {
                 LOGGER.error(
                         "Unable to delete empty file {}: {} {}",
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/2592_fix_FileRenameAction_for_missing_source_file.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/2592_fix_FileRenameAction_for_missing_source_file.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9cf98b3e3e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/2592_fix_FileRenameAction_for_missing_source_file.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
+       type="fixed">
+  <issue id="2592" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/2592"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Fixed `FileRenameAction` when the source file doesn't exist</description>
+</entry>
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