diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index b8864d8..4c911be 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -35,3 +35,16 @@ ucs_registry_extra: []
 #   - path: timeserver
 #     value: "ntp.example.com"
 #     state: present
+
+ucs_cronjobs: []
+# @var ucs_cronjobs:example: >
+# ucs_cronjobs:
+#   - name: backup-cleanup
+#     job: "find /var/univention-backup -mtime +7 -delete"
+#     user: root
+#     minute: 0
+#     hour: 3
+#     day: "*"
+#     weekday: "*"
+#     month: "*"
+#     state: present
diff --git a/tasks/cron.yml b/tasks/cron.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8d5eeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/cron.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+- name: Setup custom cronjobs
+  cron:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    minute: "{{ item.minute | default(0) }}"
+    hour: "{{ item.hour | default(3) }}"
+    day: "{{ item.day | default('*') }}"
+    weekday: "{{ item.weekday | default('*') }}"
+    month: "{{ item.month | default('*') }}"
+    user: "{{ item.user | default('root') }}"
+    cron_file: univention-custom
+    job: "{{ item.job }}"
+    state: "{{ item.state | default('present') }}"
+  loop: "{{ ucs_cronjobs }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name }}"
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index ff6debe..0ac2e91 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 - include_tasks: registry.yml
 - include_tasks: users_groups.yml
 - include_tasks: filesystem.yml
+- include_tasks: cron.yml
 - import_tasks: tls.yml
   tags: tls_renewal