diff --git a/playbooks/roles/zuul-web/files/apache-htcacheclean.default b/playbooks/roles/zuul-web/files/apache-htcacheclean.default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f8ceaac2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/zuul-web/files/apache-htcacheclean.default
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# This file must only contain KEY=VALUE lines. Do not use advanced
+# shell script constructs!
+
+## run mode: cron, daemon
+## run in daemon mode or as daily cron job
+## default: daemon
+HTCACHECLEAN_MODE=daemon
+
+## cache size
+HTCACHECLEAN_SIZE=300M
+
+## interval: if in daemon mode, clean cache every x minutes
+HTCACHECLEAN_DAEMON_INTERVAL=15
+
+## path to cache
+## must be the same as in CacheRoot directive
+#HTCACHECLEAN_PATH=/var/cache/apache2/mod_cache_disk
+
+## additional options:
+## -n : be nice
+## -t : remove empty directories
+HTCACHECLEAN_OPTIONS="-n"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/zuul-web/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/zuul-web/tasks/main.yaml
index 67a1349cee..3d0521a7a8 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/zuul-web/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/zuul-web/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@
     mode: 0644
   notify: zuul Reload apache2
 
+- name: Copy htcacheclean config
+  copy:
+    src: apache-htcacheclean.default
+    dest: /etc/default/apache-htcacheclean
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0644'
+
 - name: Install logging config
   copy:
     src: logging.conf