diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/main.yaml
index 9ab834a2b99084441845bc24cd41974eb939e6d3..7eab530fb9a5404062336f1bfbf49fa56b35d2e4 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@
     state: present
   when: ansible_distribution in ["Ubuntu"]
 
+- name: Add CRI-O PPA
+  apt_repository:
+    repo: ppa:projectatomic/ppa
+    state: present
+  when: ansible_distribution in ["Ubuntu"]
+
+- name: Install crictl
+  unarchive:
+    src: "{{ local_release_dir }}/crictl-{{ crictl_version }}-linux-{{ image_arch }}.tar.gz"
+    dest: "/usr/local/bin"
+    mode: 0755
+    remote_src: yes
+
 - name: Make sure needed folders exist in the system
   with_items:
     - /etc/crio