diff --git a/playbooks/cleanup.yml b/playbooks/cleanup.yml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..086c01c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/cleanup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ansible-playbook
+# vim:ft=ansible:
+---
+# Preambulatory system configuration
+- hosts: all
+  tasks:
+    - name: collect service facts
+      service_facts:
+      tags: [ always ]
+    - name: touch ansible timestamp file
+      file: path=/var/lib/ansible-last-run state=touch mode='0644'
+      changed_when: no
diff --git a/site.yml b/site.yml
index 8e343cb..ebcc944 100755
--- a/site.yml
+++ b/site.yml
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@
   # Housekeeping tags for one-off tasks
 - import_playbook: playbooks/tags_docker-prune.yml
 - import_playbook: playbooks/tags_autoreboot.yml
+  # Last little bit of cleanup
+- import_playbook: playbooks/cleanup.yml