diff --git a/install.yml b/install.yml
index 19ec8be..51ec766 100644
--- a/install.yml
+++ b/install.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
       tags: screen
     - role: git
       tags: git,cli
+    - role: ssh
+      tags: ssh 
 
 - hosts: desktop
   roles:
diff --git a/roles/ssh/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ssh/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e74002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ssh/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+- name: perms on .ssh
+  file:
+    path: ~/.ssh
+    mode: 0700
+    state: directory
+    recurse: yes
+
+- name: configure ssh
+  blockinfile:
+    create: yes
+    path: ~/.ssh/config
+    block: |
+      StrictHostKeyChecking no