diff --git a/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml
index 9d34ef482b7316ab65314f5abbf797a2fb3e81b5..056ab2772f4d58e5cf76637ea388385d3613bb81 100644
--- a/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
 
 - name: Calculate username and home
   set_fact:
+    admin: "admin-{{ fqdn | replace('.', '_') }}"
     user: "web-{{ fqdn | replace('.', '_') }}"
     home: "/var/www/{{ fqdn }}"
 
 - name: Create PHP website group
   group: name="{{ user }}" gid="{{ uid | default(omit) }}" state=present
 
+- name: Create PHP website admin user
+  user: name="{{ admin }}" uid="{{ admin_uid | default(omit) }}" group="{{ user }}"
+        shell=/bin/bash createhome=no home="{{ home }}" state=present
+
 - name: Create home directory for the user (avoid populating with skeleton)
   file: path="{{ home }}" state=directory
         owner="{{ admin }}" group="{{ user }}" mode=2750