diff --git a/roles/archbuild/files/gitconfig b/roles/archbuild/files/gitconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7c7f07bf58a14041d152d25eeaee673df02814b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/archbuild/files/gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# vim:set ft=gitconfig noet sw=0 sts=-1:
+
+[safe]
+	directory = *
diff --git a/roles/archbuild/tasks/main.yml b/roles/archbuild/tasks/main.yml
index 170ed1fe6ccba95629b364970618d89894b9a055..551d94b5ef61c181bebb200521ab42a692dc8fa9 100644
--- a/roles/archbuild/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/archbuild/tasks/main.yml
@@ -115,3 +115,6 @@
 
 - name: install archbuild sudoers config
   copy: src=sudoers dest=/etc/sudoers.d/archbuild owner=root group=root mode=0440
+
+- name: install gitconfig
+  copy: src=gitconfig dest=/etc/gitconfig owner=root group=root mode=0644