diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 043441f..f6d7236 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ spamassassin_db_allowed_hosts:
   - '{{ ansible_fqdn }}'
 
 spamassassin_enable_pyzor: True
+# in seconds
+spamassassin_pyzor_timeout: '60'
 spamassassin_use_bayes: False
 spamassassin_bayes_sql_db: '{{ spamassassin_db_user_config }}'
 spamassassin_use_bayes_autolearn: '0'
diff --git a/tasks/spamassassin.yml b/tasks/spamassassin.yml
index 1e7abf0..8238743 100644
--- a/tasks/spamassassin.yml
+++ b/tasks/spamassassin.yml
@@ -23,12 +23,15 @@
 - name: Install pyzor from pip
   block:
     - name: Install the pyzor pip packages
-      pip: name={{ spamassassin_pyzor_pip_packages }} state=latest
+      pip: name={{ spamassassin_pyzor_pip_packages }} state=present
 
     - name: Create the pyzor home
       file: dest={{ spamassassin_conf_dir }}/pyzor state=directory owner={{ spamassassin_user }} mode=0750
 
-  when: spamassassin_enable_pyzor | bool
+    - name: Install the pyzor configuration
+      template: src=pyzor-config.j2 dest={{ spamassassin_conf_dir }}/pyzor/config owner=root group={{ spamassassin_user }} mode=0440
+
+  when: spamassassin_enable_pyzor
   tags: [ 'spamassassin', 'pyzor', 'spamassassin_conf' ]
 
 - name: Manage the letsencrypt configuration
diff --git a/templates/pyzor-config.j2 b/templates/pyzor-config.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f94ee48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/pyzor-config.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+## Note that the options that require a file name, must not contain absolute
+## paths. They are relative to the specified --homedir, which is {{ spamassassin_conf_dir }}/pyzor
+
+## All of these options are overridable from the respective command-line
+## arguments.
+
+## The client section only affects the pyzor client.
+
+[client]
+## The `ServersFile` must contain a newline-separated list of server
+## addresses to report/whitelist/check with.
+ServersFile = servers
+
+## The `AccountsFile` file containing information about accounts on servers.
+# AccountsFile = accounts
+
+## This option specifies the name of the log file.
+# LogFile =
+
+## The `LocaWhitelist` file containing skipped digests.
+# LocalWhitelist = whitelist
+
+## This options specifies the number of seconds that the pyzor client should
+## wait for a response from the server before timing out.
+Timeout = {{ spamassassin_pyzor_timeout }}
+
+## This options specifies the input style of the pyzor client. Current options
+## are:
+##  - msg (individual RFC5321 message)
+##  - mbox (mbox file of messages)
+##  - digests (Pyzor digests, one per line)
+Style = msg
+
+## Thes options specify the threshold for number of reports/whitelists.
+## According to these thresholds the pyzor client exit code will differ.
+# ReportThreshold = 0
+# WhitelistThreshold = 0
+
+## The server section only affects the pyzord server.
+
+[server]
+## Specifes the port and interface to listen on.
+# Port = 24441
+# ListenAddress = 0.0.0.0
+
+## This option specifies the name of the log file.
+# LogFile =
+## This option specifies the name of the usage log file.
+# UsageLogFile =
+
+## This file will contain the PID of the pyzord daemon, when the it's
+## started with the --detach options. The file is removed when the daemon is
+## closed
+# PidFile = pyzord.pid
+
+## This file must contain the username and their keys
+# PasswdFile = pyzord.passwd
+
+## This file defines the ACL for the users
+# AccessFile = pyzord.access
+
+## If set to True then use the gevent library.
+# Gevent = False
+
+## These settings define the storage engine that the pyzord server should use.
+
+## Example for gdbm (default):
+# Engine = gdbm
+# DigestDB   = pyzord.db
+
+## Example for mysql:
+# Engine = mysql
+# DigestDB   = localhost,user,passwd,pyzor_db,pyzor_table
+
+## Example for redis:
+# Engine = redis
+# DigestDB = localhost,6379,,0
+## Or if a password is required
+# DigestDB = localhost,6379,passwd,0
+
+## The maximum age of an record, after which it will be removed.
+## To disable this set this to 0.
+# CleanupAge = 10368000 # aprox 4 months
+
+
+## These setting define how and if the pyzord server should use concurrency
+## For pre-forking
+# PreFork = 0 # disabled
+
+## For multi-threading:
+# Threads = False
+# MaxThreads = 0 # unlimited
+# DBConnections = 0 # new connection for each request
+
+## For multi-processing:
+# Processes = False
+# MaxProcesses = 40
diff --git a/templates/spamassassin-local.cf.j2 b/templates/spamassassin-local.cf.j2
index da34d63..d40b0a2 100644
--- a/templates/spamassassin-local.cf.j2
+++ b/templates/spamassassin-local.cf.j2
@@ -24,5 +24,9 @@ skip_rbl_checks 1
 dns_query_restriction deny {{ rbl }}
 {% endfor %}
 {% if spamassassin_enable_pyzor %}
+use_pyzor 1
+pyzor_timeout {{ spamassassin_pyzor_timeout }}s
 pyzor_options --homedir {{ spamassassin_conf_dir }}/pyzor
+{% else %}
+use_pyzor 0
 {% endif %}