diff --git a/playbooks/soyuz.yml b/playbooks/soyuz.yml
index 9a8e2d829e87e4a9937ff31bb8c9959ca9194680..60d0719ced62b4f80383c8c8d61f463f57e8abf4 100644
--- a/playbooks/soyuz.yml
+++ b/playbooks/soyuz.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@
     - { role: sogrep, tags: ['sogrep'] }
     - { role: archbuild, tags: ['archbuild'] }
     - { role: public_html, public_domain: "pkgbuild.com", tags: ['public_html', 'nginx'] }
+    - { role: crond, tags: ['crond'] }
diff --git a/roles/crond/tasks/main.yml b/roles/crond/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f49087e646e5829fe5dec1c9fee6dfad6b549593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/crond/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+
+- name: install cronie
+  pacman: name=cronie state=present
+
+- name: activate cronie.service
+  service: name=cronie enabled=yes state=started
+