diff --git a/defaults/main.yaml b/defaults/main.yaml
index 70a3e63..107d7f9 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 ---
 unattended_upgrades: true
+reboot_after_updates: false
diff --git a/tasks/main.yaml b/tasks/main.yaml
index ff77488..ed6957b 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@
   when:
     - unattended_upgrades
     - not ansible_bender is defined
+
+- name: reboot after updates
+  reboot:
+  when: reboot_after_updates