diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index c4afe605198021854406787580e398dbc197c255..5c08716f0dcad4317739488fb59cc1176753bb71 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 ---
 
+- name: Enable use of proxy for retrieving system packages via apt
+  template: src="apt_proxy.j2" dest="/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00proxy"
+            owner=root group=root mode=644
+  when: apt_proxy is defined
+
+- name: Disable use of proxy for retrieving system packages via apt
+  file: path="/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00proxy" state=absent
+  when: apt_proxy is undefined
+
 - name: Deploy pam-auth-update configuration file for enabling pam_umask
   copy: src=pam_umask dest=/usr/share/pam-configs/umask mode=644 owner=root group=root
   notify: Update PAM configuration