diff --git a/roles/samba/tasks/conf.yml b/roles/samba/tasks/conf.yml
index 3ae65c4..b7c0d4e 100644
--- a/roles/samba/tasks/conf.yml
+++ b/roles/samba/tasks/conf.yml
@@ -78,8 +78,13 @@
     creates: /var/lib/samba/private/tls/dhparam.pem
   tags: samba
 
-- name: Deploy smb.conf
-  template: src=smb.conf.j2 dest=/etc/samba/smb.conf
+- name: Deploy samba configuration
+  template: src={{ item.src }} dest={{ item.dest }}
+  loop:
+    - src: smb.conf.j2
+      dest: /etc/samba/smb.conf
+    - src: sysconfig.j2
+      dest: /etc/sysconfig/samba
   notify: reload samba
   tags: samba
 
diff --git a/roles/samba/templates/sysconfig.j2 b/roles/samba/templates/sysconfig.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07e0d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/samba/templates/sysconfig.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+## Path:           Network/Samba
+## Description:    Samba process options
+## Type:           string
+## Default:        ""
+## ServiceRestart: samba
+SAMBAOPTIONS="--log-basename=/var/log/samba"
+## Type:           string
+## Default:        ""
+## ServiceRestart: smb
+SMBDOPTIONS=""
+## Type:           string
+## Default:        ""
+## ServiceRestart: nmb
+NMBDOPTIONS=""
+## Type:           string
+## Default:        ""
+## ServiceRestart: winbind
+WINBINDOPTIONS=""