diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 9099a77..3a0edb1 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -21,5 +21,9 @@ ntp_servers:
 # Enable or disable ntp statistics
 ntp_statistics: false
 
+# optionally set timezone
+ntp_set_time_zone: false
+ntp_timezone: 'Europe/Berlin'
+
 # version check for this playbook (true is recomended)
 submodules_versioncheck: false
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 7340420..dae11ac 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@
 
 - name: Configure ntp
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: config.yml
+
+- name: Optionally set NTP Timezone
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: set_time_zone.yml
+  when: ntp_set_time_zone | bool
diff --git a/tasks/set_time_zone.yml b/tasks/set_time_zone.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71b6532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/set_time_zone.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- name: "Set timezone to {{ ntp_timezone }}"
+  become: true
+  community.general.timezone:
+    name: "{{ ntp_timezone }}"
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index dde0e64..9354ccd 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-playbook_version_number: 2054
+playbook_version_number: 2055
 playbook_version_path: 'role-ntp_chaos-bodensee_github.com.version'
 
 ntp__vars: