diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 8ae83ed..e46b9ca 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,5 +6,8 @@
   - import_tasks: journal.yml
     tags:
       - base:journal
+  - import_tasks: monitoring.yml
+    tags:
+      - base:monitoring
   tags:
     - base
diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/monitoring.yml b/roles/base/tasks/monitoring.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8046fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/monitoring.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- name: install prometheus node exporter
+  apt:
+    name: prometheus-node-exporter
+    state: present