diff --git a/roles/accounts/tasks/user.yml b/roles/accounts/tasks/user.yml
index b0965f9..8964b0f 100644
--- a/roles/accounts/tasks/user.yml
+++ b/roles/accounts/tasks/user.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@
     name: "{{ user.name }}"
     gid: "{{ user.uid }}"
 
+- name: "User '{{ user.name }}' is present with legacy hash"
+  user:
+    state: present
+    name: '{{ user.name }}'
+    uid: '{{ user.uid }}'
+    password: "{{ user.password_hash_openbsd_legacy }}"
+    group: "{{ user.name }}"
+    groups: wheel
+    shell: /bin/ksh
+    append: true
+  when: ansible_distribution_version is version_compare("5.7",'<')
+  tags:
+    - admin
+
 - name: "User '{{ user.name }}' is present"
   user:
     state: present
@@ -15,6 +29,7 @@
     groups: wheel
     shell: /bin/ksh
     append: true
+  when: ansible_distribution_version is version_compare("5.7",'>=')
   tags:
     - admin