diff --git a/roles/koschei/files/cron-db-cleanup b/roles/koschei/files/cron-db-cleanup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6deefc350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/koschei/files/cron-db-cleanup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0 4 * * *   root    koschei-admin cleanup --older-than 6
diff --git a/roles/koschei/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koschei/tasks/main.yml
index b739a1af8f..045babfa1d 100644
--- a/roles/koschei/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koschei/tasks/main.yml
@@ -99,3 +99,10 @@
   tags:
   - koschei
   - selinux
+
+- name: Copy the cleanup cronjob
+  copy: src="{{item}}" dest="/etc/cron.d/{{item}}"
+  with_items:
+  - cron-db-cleanup
+  tags:
+  - koschei