diff --git a/files/anacrontab b/files/anacrontab
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7a0578982db25ae0c6f44c1d3ffe6ab262f2b6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/anacrontab
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# /etc/anacrontab: configuration file for anacron
+
+# See anacron(8) and anacrontab(5) for details.
+
+SHELL=/bin/sh
+PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+MAILTO=root
+# the maximal random delay added to the base delay of the jobs
+RANDOM_DELAY=45
+# the jobs will be started during the following hours only
+START_HOURS_RANGE=0-4
+
+#period in days   delay in minutes   job-identifier   command
+1	5	cron.daily		nice run-parts /etc/cron.daily
+7	25	cron.weekly		nice run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
+@monthly 45	cron.monthly		nice run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 78316cff2daf8d0204a384dddf29365f6ac9fc64..b3b0b7770c6445ef1eff0ab0d70b105f4cf105da 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ class aes {
     content => file("${module_name}/sudoers_aes"),
   }
 
+  file { '/etc/anacrontab':
+    ensure  => file,
+    mode    => '0600',
+    owner   => root,
+    group   => root,
+    content => file("${module_name}/anacrontab"),
+  }
+
   ::users::liu_user { 'klaar36':
     commonname => 'Klas Arvidsson',
     shell      => '/bin/bash',