diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 16cf0d5..c4e4b26 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ etebase_group: 'etebase'
 etebase_user: 'etebase'
 etebase_user_home: '/var/lib/etebase'
 etebase_shell: '/bin/false'
+etebase_venv: '/tmp/venv'
+
+# package state
+etebase_package_state: 'present'
 
 # should we do a version check? (recomended)
 submodules_versioncheck: false
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 5f39359..a181058 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 
 - name: Create Etebase User/Group
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: create_user.yml
+
+- name: Setup Virtualenv and install Requirements
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: python_venv.yml
diff --git a/tasks/python_venv.yml b/tasks/python_venv.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..450f0d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/python_venv.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+- name: Install Python3 Virtualenv
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name: python3-virtualenv
+    state: present
+
+- name: Install etebase python requirements in virtualenv
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.pip:
+    name: bottle
+    # requirements: /my_app/requirements.txt
+    virtualenv: "{{ etebase_venv }}"
+    state: "{{ etebase_package_state }}"
+    umask: "0027"
+
+- name: Fix venv File owner/group
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ etebase_venv }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: 'u=rwX,g=rX,o='
+    group: "{{ etebase_group }}"
+    owner: "{{ etebase_user }}"