diff --git a/provision/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/provision/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 4a15009..d317b80 100644
--- a/provision/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/provision/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,12 @@
   apt:
     pkg: "{{ item.name }}"
     state: latest
+
+- name: initialize taskwarrior
+  file:
+    path: ~/.taskrc
+    state: touch
+
+- name: initialize taskwarrior
+  shell: task
+  ignore_errors: yes
diff --git a/provision/roles/common/vars/main.yml b/provision/roles/common/vars/main.yml
index bfed6da..71e79ee 100644
--- a/provision/roles/common/vars/main.yml
+++ b/provision/roles/common/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 ---
 common_packages:
   - name: git
+  - name: taskwarrior
+  - name: wajig