diff --git a/roles/common/files/sysstat-default b/roles/common/files/sysstat-default
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b029ba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/common/files/sysstat-default
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# Default settings for /etc/init.d/sysstat, /etc/cron.d/sysstat
+# and /etc/cron.daily/sysstat files
+#
+
+# Should sadc collect system activity informations? Valid values
+# are "true" and "false". Please do not put other values, they
+# will be overwritten by debconf!
+ENABLED="true"
diff --git a/roles/common/files/sysstat.conf b/roles/common/files/sysstat.conf
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+++ b/roles/common/files/sysstat.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# sysstat configuration file. See sysstat(5) manual page.
+
+# How long to keep log files (in days).
+# Used by sa2(8) script
+# If value is greater than 28, then log files are kept in
+# multiple directories, one for each month.
+HISTORY=28
+
+# Compress (using xz, gzip or bzip2) sa and sar files older than (in days):
+COMPRESSAFTER=7
+
+# Parameters for the system activity data collector (see sadc(8) manual page)
+# which are used for the generation of log files.
+# By default contains the `-S DISK' option responsible for generating disk
+# statisitcs. Use `-S XALL' to collect all available statistics.
+SADC_OPTIONS="-S XALL"
+
+# Directory where sa and sar files are saved.
+SA_DIR=/var/log/sysstat
+
+# Compression program to use.
+ZIP="xz"
+
+# By default sa2 script generates yesterday's summary, since the cron job
+# usually runs right after midnight. If you want sa2 to generate the summary
+# of the same day (for example when cron job runs at 23:53) set this variable.
+#YESTERDAY=no
+
+# By default sa2 script generates reports files (the so called sarDD files).
+# Set this variable to false to disable reports generation.
+#REPORTS=false
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 41f7b654..f0351051 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -708,5 +708,8 @@
 
 - include: munin-node.yml
 
+- include: sysstat.yml
+
 - include: ntp.yml
   when: "not 'vm' in group_names"
+
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/sysstat.yml b/roles/common/tasks/sysstat.yml
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+++ b/roles/common/tasks/sysstat.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+- name: install packages for sysstat
+  apt: pkg={{ item }} update_cache=yes
+  with_items:
+    - sysstat
+    - xz
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian' or ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
+
+- name: Enable sysstat
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ item.src }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
+    owner: root
+    mode: "{{ item.mode }}"
+  loop:
+    - { src: 'sysstat-default', dest: '/etc/default/sysstat', mode: '0644' }
+    - { src: 'sysstat.conf', dest: '/etc/sysstat/sysstat', mode: '0644' }
+  notify: restart sysstat