diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 67683ad..eca17a1 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ additional_disks: false
 disks_and_mountpoints_list: []
 #  - { mountpoint: '/data', device: 'xvda3', fstype: 'xfs', opts: 'noatime', state: 'mounted', create_filesystem: True }
 
+swap_device: false
+swap_device_name: /dev/vdxxxxx
+
 ansible_python3_debs:
   - python3-lxml
 
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 2736145..f22b889 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@
     - mkcert_create_certificate
 - name: HTTP client proxy
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: http_client_proxy.yml
-- name: Manage additiondal disk volumes
+- name: Manage additional disk volumes
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: additional_disks.yml
   when: additional_disks
+- name: Manage a swap device
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: swap_device.yml
+  when: swap_device
 - name: Manage the autofs configuration
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: autofs.yml
   when: autofs_client_mountpoint
diff --git a/tasks/swap_device.yml b/tasks/swap_device.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80a7e49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/swap_device.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+- name: swap_device | Configure and enable a swap device
+  when: swap_device
+  tags:
+    - swap
+    - swap_device
+  block:
+    - name: swap_device | Initialize the swap device
+      ansible.builtin.command: mkswap {{ swap_device_name }} && touch /root/.mkswap_executed
+      args:
+        creates: /root/.mkswap_executed
+      register: mkswap_command_execution
+    - name: swap_device | Enable the swap device
+      ansible.builtin.command: swapon {{ swap_device_name }} && touch /root/.swapon_executed
+      args:
+        creates: /root/.swapon_executed
+
+    - name: swap_device | Add the swap device to the fstab file
+      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+        path: /etc/fstab
+        regexp: "^{{ swap_device_name }}"
+        line: "{{ swap_device_name }}   swap    swap   defaults  0   0"