diff --git a/roles/fetlab/defaults/main.yml b/roles/fetlab/defaults/main.yml
index c408cf6..145e30a 100644
--- a/roles/fetlab/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fetlab/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ---
 fetlab_zfs: True
+fetlab_motion: True
diff --git a/roles/fetlab/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fetlab/tasks/main.yml
index 8a598e3..30953f7 100644
--- a/roles/fetlab/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fetlab/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 - import_tasks: zfs.yml
   when: fetlab_zfs
   tags: ['fetlab_zfs', 'zfs']
+
+- import_tasks: motion.yml
+  when: fetlab_motion
+  tags: ['fetlab_motion', 'motion']
diff --git a/roles/fetlab/tasks/motion.yml b/roles/fetlab/tasks/motion.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59a9223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/fetlab/tasks/motion.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+ - name: motion - install motion
+   package: name=motion
+