diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index c8029b5e4561a261a6ae870086534f33ab793c61..07c64e49d4320ddde180ee29e58f685be64a5e77 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@
   service: name=systemd-swap state=started enabled=yes
   when: enable_zram_swap
 
+- name: start systemd-oomd
+  service: name=systemd-oomd state=started enabled=yes
+
 - name: install logrotate
   pacman: name=logrotate state=present