diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/hardware.yml b/roles/common/tasks/hardware.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..badf0b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/hardware.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+
+- name: enable uart on boot
+  lineinfile:
+    dest=/boot/config.txt
+    regexp="^enable_uart="
+    line="enable_uart=1"
+    state=present
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 9f1e4c9..6a5a111 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@
 # Other tasks
 - include: software.yml
 - include: users.yml
+- include: hardware.yml