diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 03c8753..692193d 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -100,3 +100,4 @@ common_postfix_smtpd_tls_session_cache_database: "btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_
 common_rcfiles: True
 common_tty: True
 common_git: True
+common_sysctl: False
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 4af8673..986c3e6 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@
 - import_tasks: git.yml
   when: common_git
   tags: ['common', 'git']
+
+- import_tasks: sysctl.yml
+  when: common_sysctl
+  tags: ['common', 'sysctl']
diff --git a/tasks/sysctl.yml b/tasks/sysctl.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1c7634
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/sysctl.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- name: sysctl - sysctl.d
+  file: path=/etc/sysctl.d state=directory owner=root group=root mode=0755
+
+- name: sysctl - set config
+  sysctl:
+    name: "{{ item.key }}"
+    value: "{{ item.val }}"
+    sysctl_file: /etc/sysctl.d/01-custom.conf
+  with_items: "{{ common_sysctls }}"