diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index d46944b..fa1e688 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ mailman_smtp_pwd: ''
 mailman_smtp_secure_mode: starttls
 mailman_smtp_conf: '{{ mailman_conf_dir }}/postfix-mailman.cfg'
 mailman_transport_file_type: regex
+mailman_install_maintenance_cronjobs: True
 
 mailman_password_length: 12
 mailman_webservice_hostname: 'localhost'
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 8bb9e5a..bf92ec0 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -175,3 +175,26 @@
 
   tags: [ 'mailman', 'postorious', 'hyperkitty', 'mailman_conf' ]
 
+
+- name: Add the maintenance cron jobs
+  block:
+    - name: Add a daily cron job that sends digests
+      cron:
+          job: "{{ mailman_bindir }}/mailman  digests --periodic > {{ mailman_log_dir }}/mailman_cron_digest.log 2>&1"
+          special_time: daily
+          user: '{{ mailman_user }}'
+          name: "Mailman digests"
+          cron_file: 'mailman-digests'
+          state: present
+
+    - name: Add a daily cron job that sends notifications to the list administrators and list owners
+      cron:
+          job: "{{ mailman_bindir }}/mailman  notify > {{ mailman_log_dir }}/mailman_cron_notifications.log 2>&1"
+          minute: '0'
+          hour: '7'
+          user: '{{ mailman_user }}'
+          name: "Mailman notifications"
+          cron_file: 'mailman-notifications'
+          state: present
+
+  tags: [ 'mailman', 'postorious', 'hyperkitty', 'mailman_conf', 'mailman_cron' ]