diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index e1eb458..d0ba92e 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 - include: setup_Debian.yml
 
+- include: php-opcache.yml
+
 - include: reset.yml
   when: nextcloud_state == "reinstalled"
 
diff --git a/tasks/php-opcache.yml b/tasks/php-opcache.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f81c6d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/php-opcache.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+---
+
+- name: enable php opcache
+  template:
+    src: php-opcache.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/php/7.0/apache2/conf.d/opcache.ini
+  notify: restart apache2
diff --git a/templates/php-opcache.conf.j2 b/templates/php-opcache.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..104f242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/php-opcache.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+opcache.enable=1
+opcache.enable_cli=1
+opcache.interned_strings_buffer=8
+opcache.max_accelerated_files=10000
+opcache.memory_consumption=128
+opcache.save_comments=1
+opcache.revalidate_freq=1