diff --git a/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
index 74ed096..15d04e6 100644
--- a/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
               path: /var/www/nextcloud.tar.bz2
               state: absent
         when: not stat_webroot_index.stat.exists
+      - name: Set up Nextcloud cronjob
+        cron:
+          user: www-data
+          name: "nextcloud-cron"
+          minute: "/5"
+          job: "php -f \"{{ nextcloud_webroot }}\"/cron.php"
       - name: Enable Apache configs and modules
         shell: "{{ item }}"
         loop: