diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6c053cc..18fe75ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ The **patch** part is incremented if multiple releases happen the same month
 
 ### Added
 
+* evolinux-base: Create custom SSH configuration file
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/evolinux-base/tasks/ssh.included-files.yml b/evolinux-base/tasks/ssh.included-files.yml
index d134e857..2380161e 100644
--- a/evolinux-base/tasks/ssh.included-files.yml
+++ b/evolinux-base/tasks/ssh.included-files.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
     dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/z-evolinux-defaults.conf
     mode: "0644"
 
+- name: create custom SSH server configuration file
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/zzz-evolinux-custom.conf
+    state: touch
+    mode: "0644"
+    modification_time: preserve
+    access_time: preserve
+
 # Should we allow the current user?
 - name: Allow the current user
   block: