diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 1e6ecd6..5456e11 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ users:
 system_locale: en_US.UTF-8
 ssh_allow_password: no
 base_upgrade: yes
+
+base_additional_packages: []
diff --git a/tasks/packages.yml b/tasks/packages.yml
index c403282..ce1ae86 100644
--- a/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@
     - python3-venv
     state: present
   tags: packages
+
+- name: Install additional packages
+  package:
+    name: "{{ base_additional_packages }}"
+    state: present
+  tags: packages