diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index fabada9..383920c 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ yum_cron_emit_via: stdio
 #     baseurl: "http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/$releasever/$basearch/"
 #     gpgkey: "http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-$releasever/"
 #     enabled: True
+
+yum_packages_install: []
+yum_packages_uninstall: []
+yum_packages_extra_install: []
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 3253b3c..6469e9e 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ---
-- import_tasks: yum_cron.yml
-- import_tasks: repository.yml
+- include_tasks: yum_cron.yml
+- include_tasks: repository.yml
+- include_tasks: packages.yml
diff --git a/tasks/packages.yml b/tasks/packages.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b730fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+- block:
+    - name: Remove common packages
+      package:
+        name: "{{ item }}"
+        state: absent
+      with_items:
+        - "{{ yum_packages_uninstall | default([]) }}"
+
+    - name: Install common packages
+      package:
+        name: "{{ item }}"
+        state: present
+      with_items:
+        - "{{ yum_packages_install | default([]) }} + {{ yum_packages_extra_install | default([]) }}"
+  become: True
+  become_user: root