diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7b7d2b7..185efb49 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 
 ### Changed
 * elasticsearch: listen on local interface only by default
+* squid: split systemd tasks into own file
 
 ### Fixed
 * lxc-php: Don't remove the default pool
diff --git a/squid/tasks/main.yml b/squid/tasks/main.yml
index f04a08f0..31f03229 100644
--- a/squid/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/squid/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@
     dest: /etc/default/squid
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '>=')
 
-- name: "Set custom systemd unit service (Debian 10 or later)"
-  copy:
-    src: squid.service
-    dest: /etc/systemd/system/squid.service
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('10', '>=')
-
 - name: "squid.conf is present (jessie)"
   template:
     src: squid.conf.j2
@@ -140,11 +134,7 @@
   notify: "reload squid"
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '>=')
 
-- name: "Reload systemd and restart squid (Debian 10 or later)"
-  systemd:
-    name: squid
-    state: restarted
-    daemon_reload: yes
+- include: systemd.yml
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('10', '>=')
 
 - include: logrotate_jessie.yml
diff --git a/squid/tasks/systemd.yml b/squid/tasks/systemd.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4862477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/squid/tasks/systemd.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+
+- name: "Set custom systemd unit service (Debian 10 or later)"
+  copy:
+    src: squid.service
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/squid.service
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('10', '>=')
+
+- name: "Reload systemd and restart squid (Debian 10 or later)"
+  systemd:
+    name: squid
+    state: restarted
+    daemon_reload: yes
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('10', '>=')