diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 17ca82f4befb2cdf6cda16dab31403394e035e26..84802926801cb72f1d7811151ec952855d0722b7 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -149,6 +149,65 @@
 - name: Install apticron (for checking available upgrades)
   apt: name=apticron state=installed
 
+# Implementation for checking pip requirements files via via pip-tools.
+- name: Install virtualenv for pip requirements checks
+  apt: name=virtualenv state=installed
+
+- name: Create dedicated group for user running pip requirements checks
+  group: name="pipreqcheck" gid="{{ pipreqcheck_gid | default(omit) }}" state=present
+
+- name: Create user for running pip requirements checks
+  user: name="pipreqcheck" uid="{{ pipreqcheck_uid | default(omit) }}" group="pipreqcheck"
+        home="/var/lib/pipreqcheck" state=present
+
+- name: Create directory for Python virtual environment used for installing/running pip-tools
+  file: path="/var/lib/pipreqcheck/virtualenv" state=directory
+        owner="pipreqcheck" group="pipreqcheck" mode="0750"
+
+- name: Create Python virtual environment used for installing/running pip-tools
+  become_user: "pipreqcheck"
+  command: /usr/bin/virtualenv --prompt "(pipreqcheck)" "/var/lib/pipreqcheck/virtualenv" creates="/var/lib/pipreqcheck/virtualenv/bin/activate"
+
+- name: Create directory for storing pip requirements files
+  file: path="/etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades" state="directory"
+        owner="root" group="pipreqcheck" mode=750
+
+- name: Set-up directory for storing pip requirements file for pip-tools virtual environment itself
+  file: path="/etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades/pipreqcheck" state="directory"
+        owner="root" group="pipreqcheck" mode=750
+
+- name: Deploy .in file for pip requirements in pip-tools virtual environment
+  copy: src="pipreqcheck_requirements.in" dest="/etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades/pipreqcheck/requirements.in"
+        owner="root" group="pipreqcheck" mode=640
+
+- name: Deploy requirements file for pipreqcheck virtual environment
+  template: src="pipreqcheck_requirements.txt.j2" dest="/etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades/pipreqcheck/requirements.txt"
+            owner="root" group="pipreqcheck" mode=640
+
+- name: Install latest pip in pip-tools virtual environment
+  become_user: "pipreqcheck"
+  pip: name=pip state=latest virtualenv="~pipreqcheck/virtualenv"
+
+- name: Install pip-tools if not present
+  become_user: "pipreqcheck"
+  pip: name=pip-tools state=present virtualenv="~pipreqcheck/virtualenv"
+
+- name: Synchronise pip-tools virtual environment via deployed requirements file
+  become_user: "pipreqcheck"
+  shell: "source ~pipreqcheck/virtualenv/bin/activate && pip-sync /etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades/pipreqcheck/requirements.txt"
+  args:
+    executable: /bin/bash
+  register: pipreqcheck_pip_sync
+  changed_when: "pipreqcheck_pip_sync.stdout != 'Everything up-to-date'"
+
+- name: Deploy script for checking available upgrades
+  copy: src="pip_check_requirements_upgrades.sh" dest="/usr/local/bin/pip_check_requirements_upgrades.sh"
+        owner=root group=root mode=755
+
+- name: Deploy crontab entry for checking pip requirements
+  cron: name="check_pip_requirements" cron_file="check_pip_requirements" hour=0 minute=0 job="/usr/local/bin/pip_check_requirements_upgrades.sh /etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades"
+        state=present user=pipreqcheck
+
 - name: Explicitly run all handlers
   include: ../handlers/main.yml
   when: "handlers | default(False) | bool() == True"