diff --git a/roles/go_audit/defaults/main.yml b/roles/go_audit/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95c789e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+# Directory in which to store the go-audit binary.
+go_audit_bindir: /usr/local/bin
+
+# true:  Build go-audit from source on the target host.
+# false: Use the pre-built binaries located in the role's files/ directory.
+go_audit_build: false
+
+# Directory to use when building go-audit. All source code and other temporary
+# files will be stored here. The directory is *not* explicitly removed.
+go_audit_build_dir: /tmp/go-audit-build
+
+# Golang environment used for building go-audit from source.
+go_audit_go_env:
+  GOROOT: "{{ go_audit_build_dir }}/go"
+  GOPATH: "{{ go_audit_build_dir }}/go-work"
+  PATH:
+    "{{ go_audit_build_dir }}/go/bin:\
+     {{ go_audit_build_dir }}/go-work/bin:\
+     {{ ansible_env.PATH }}"
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/files/go-audit b/roles/go_audit/files/go-audit
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4ee98f50
Binary files /dev/null and b/roles/go_audit/files/go-audit differ
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/handlers/main.yml b/roles/go_audit/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e216370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+- name: audit configuration changed
+  debug:
+    msg: >
+      The audit configuration changed.
+      For the settings to be applied a system reboot may be required.
+
+- name: Update grub2 configuration
+  command: update-grub
+  register: go_audit_update_grub_result
+  failed_when: "'error' in go_audit_update_grub_result.stderr"
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/tasks/build.yml b/roles/go_audit/tasks/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f133de46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/tasks/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+---
+- name: Ensure that the build dependencies are installed
+  package:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  with_items:
+    - git
+    - make
+
+- name: Ensure that the required build directories exist
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ go_audit_build_dir }}"
+    - "{{ go_audit_go_env.GOROOT }}"
+    - "{{ go_audit_go_env.GOPATH }}/src/github.com/slackhq/go-audit"
+
+- name: "Download the Go distribution (version: {{ go_audit_go_version }})"
+  get_url:
+    url: "{{ go_audit_go_download_url }}"
+    dest: "{{ go_audit_build_dir }}/{{ go_audit_go_filename }}"
+    checksum: "sha256:{{ go_audit_go_checksum }}"
+
+- name: "Download go-audit (commit: {{ go_audit_commit }})"
+  get_url:
+    url: "{{ go_audit_download_url }}"
+    dest: "{{ go_audit_build_dir }}/{{ go_audit_filename }}"
+    checksum: "sha256:{{ go_audit_checksum }}"
+
+- name: Extract the Go distribution
+  unarchive:
+    src: "{{ go_audit_build_dir }}/{{ go_audit_go_filename }}"
+    dest: "{{ go_audit_go_env.GOROOT }}"
+    extra_opts: "--strip-components=1"
+    remote_src: true
+    creates: "{{ go_audit_go_env.GOROOT }}/LICENSE"
+
+- name: Extract go-audit
+  unarchive:
+    src: "{{ go_audit_build_dir }}/{{ go_audit_filename }}"
+    dest: "{{ go_audit_go_env.GOPATH }}/src/github.com/slackhq/go-audit"
+    extra_opts: "--strip-components=1"
+    remote_src: true
+    creates: "{{ go_audit_go_env.GOPATH }}/src/github.com/slackhq/go-audit/LICENSE"
+
+- name: Install govendor
+  command: go get -u github.com/kardianos/govendor
+  args:
+    creates: "{{ go_audit_go_env.GOPATH }}/bin/govendor"
+  environment: "{{ go_audit_go_env }}"
+
+- name: Build go-audit
+  command: make
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ go_audit_go_env.GOPATH }}/src/github.com/slackhq/go-audit"
+    creates: "go-audit"
+  environment: "{{ go_audit_go_env }}"
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/tasks/install.yml b/roles/go_audit/tasks/install.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3969f464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/tasks/install.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+---
+- name: Install the auditd package (provides auditctl)
+  package:
+    name: auditd
+    state: present
+
+- name: "Ensure that the {{ go_audit_bindir }} directory exists"
+  file:
+    path: "{{ go_audit_bindir }}"
+    state: directory
+
+- name: Install the go-audit binary
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ go_audit_go_env.GOPATH }}/src/github.com/slackhq/go-audit/go-audit"
+    dest: "{{ go_audit_bindir }}/go-audit"
+    owner: root
+    group: "{{ root_group|default('root') }}"
+    mode: 0755
+    remote_src: true
+  when:
+    - go_audit_build|bool
+
+- name: Install the pre-built go-audit binary
+  copy:
+    src: "go-audit"
+    dest: "{{ go_audit_bindir }}/go-audit"
+    owner: root
+    group: "{{ root_group|default('root') }}"
+    mode: 0755
+    remote_src: false
+  when:
+    - not go_audit_build|bool
+
+- name: Calculate the checksum of the go-audit binary
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ go_audit_bindir }}/go-audit"
+    checksum_algorithm: sha256
+  register: go_audit_binary_st
+
+- name: Verify the checksum of the go-audit binary
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - go_audit_binary_st.stat.checksum is defined
+      - go_audit_binary_st.stat.checksum == go_audit_binary_checksum
+
+- name: Generate the go-audit configuration file
+  template:
+    src: go-audit.yaml.j2
+    dest: "{{ config_prefix|default('/') }}etc/go-audit.yaml"
+    owner: root
+    group: "{{ root_group|default('root') }}"
+    mode: 0644
+  notify:
+    - audit configuration changed
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/go_audit/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..210f34dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+- name: Check distribution and version
+  fail:
+    msg: >
+      {{ ansible_distribution }} version {{ ansible_distribution_version }}
+      ({{ ansible_machine }}) is not supported.
+  when:
+    - ansible_system != "Linux" or
+      ansible_machine not in ['amd64', 'x86_64'] or
+      ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu"
+
+- block:
+    - name: Build go-audit
+      include_tasks: build.yml
+      when: go_audit_build|bool
+
+    - import_tasks: install.yml
+
+    - name: Include tasks for Ubuntu
+      include_tasks: ubuntu.yml
+      when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
+  rescue:
+    - debug: var=fail_hint
+      tags: always
+    - name: Fail
+      fail:
+      tags: always
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/tasks/ubuntu.yml b/roles/go_audit/tasks/ubuntu.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b1346b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/tasks/ubuntu.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+# Adding a grub command-line argument via Ansible in a generic, idempotent
+# manner is non-trivial. The regex below assumes that a line of the format
+# GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=".*" exists and inserts audit=1 right before the closing
+# quote. The regex fails if no GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX key exists, the value is not
+# enclosed in double quotes, or the value contains escaped double quotes.
+- name: Ubuntu | Enable auditing for processes that start prior to go-audit
+  lineinfile:
+    dest: /etc/default/grub
+    regexp: '^(GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=(?!.*audit=1)".*)(".*)'
+    line: '\1 audit=1\2'
+    backrefs: true
+    state: present
+  notify:
+    - Update grub2 configuration
+    - audit configuration changed
+
+- name: Ubuntu | Generate the systemd unit configuration file
+  template:
+    src: systemd.go-audit.service.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/go-audit.service
+    owner: root
+    group: "{{ root_group|default('root') }}"
+    mode: 0644
+
+- name: Ubuntu | Stop and disable the auditd service
+  systemd:
+    name: auditd.service
+    state: stopped
+    enabled: false
+
+- name: Ubuntu | Start and enable the go-audit service
+  systemd:
+    name: go-audit.service
+    state: started
+    enabled: yes
+
+- name: Ubuntu | Prevent duplicate audit entries in syslog
+  systemd:
+    name: systemd-journald-audit.socket
+    state: stopped
+    masked: true
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/templates/go-audit.yaml.j2 b/roles/go_audit/templates/go-audit.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2896016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/templates/go-audit.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# go-audit configuration file
+#
+# For general documentation and specifications related to the Linux Audit
+# project see https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-documentation/wiki
+# The wiki contains definitions of all audit fields, messages, and ranges.
+
+output:
+  syslog:
+    enabled: true
+    tag: "go-audit"
+
+    # Configure the type of socket this should be, default is unixgram
+    # This maps to `network` in golangs net.Dial: https://golang.org/pkg/net/#Dial
+    network: unixgram
+
+    # Set the remote address to connect to, this can be a path or an ip address
+    # This maps to `address` in golangs net.Dial: https://golang.org/pkg/net/#Dial
+    address: /dev/log
+
+    # Sets the facility and severity for all events. See the table below for help
+    # The default is 132 which maps to local0 | warn
+    priority: 129 # local0 | emerg
+
+# Based on CIS_Ubuntu_Linux_18.04_LTS_Benchmark_v1.0.0.pdf
+# https://www.cisecurity.org/benchmark/ubuntu_linux/
+rules:
+  # Ensure events that modify date and time information are collected
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S adjtimex -S settimeofday -k time-change
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S adjtimex -S settimeofday -S stime -k time-change
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S clock_settime -k time-change
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S clock_settime -k time-change
+  - -w /etc/localtime -p wa -k time-change
+
+  # Ensure events that modify user/group information are collected
+  - -w /etc/group -p wa -k identity
+  - -w /etc/passwd -p wa -k identity
+  - -w /etc/gshadow -p wa -k identity
+  - -w /etc/shadow -p wa -k identity
+  - -w /etc/security/opasswd -p wa -k identity
+
+  # Ensure events that modify the system's network environment are collected
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S sethostname -S setdomainname -k system-locale
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S sethostname -S setdomainname -k system-locale
+  - -w /etc/issue -p wa -k system-locale
+  - -w /etc/issue.net -p wa -k system-locale
+  - -w /etc/hosts -p wa -k system-locale
+  - -w /etc/network -p wa -k system-locale
+
+  # Ensure events that modify the system's Mandatory Access Controls are collected
+  - -w /etc/apparmor/ -p wa -k MAC-policy
+  - -w /etc/apparmor.d/ -p wa -k MAC-policy
+
+  # Ensure login and logout events are collected
+  - -w /var/log/faillog -p wa -k logins
+  - -w /var/log/lastlog -p wa -k logins
+  - -w /var/log/tallylog -p wa -k logins
+
+  # Ensure session initiation information is collected
+  - -w /var/run/utmp -p wa -k session
+  - -w /var/log/wtmp -p wa -k logins
+  - -w /var/log/btmp -p wa -k logins
+
+  # Ensure discretionary access control permission modification events are collected
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S chmod -S fchmod -S fchmodat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S chmod -S fchmod -S fchmodat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S chown -S fchown -S fchownat -S lchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S chown -S fchown -S fchownat -S lchown -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S setxattr -S lsetxattr -S fsetxattr -S removexattr -S lremovexattr -S fremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S setxattr -S lsetxattr -S fsetxattr -S removexattr -S lremovexattr -S fremovexattr -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k perm_mod
+
+  # Ensure unsuccessful unauthorized file access attempts are collected
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S creat -S open -S openat -S truncate -S ftruncate -F exit=-EACCES -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k access
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S creat -S open -S openat -S truncate -S ftruncate -F exit=-EACCES -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k access
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S creat -S open -S openat -S truncate -S ftruncate -F exit=-EPERM -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k access
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S creat -S open -S openat -S truncate -S ftruncate -F exit=-EPERM -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k access
+
+  # Ensure use of privileged commands is collected
+  # XXX Incomplete list. Chose some potentially relevant commands. Thoughts?
+  #     For a full list run `find <partition> -xdev \( -perm -4000 -o -perm -2000 \) -type f`
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/gpasswd -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/newgidmap -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/crontab -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/chage -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/newuidmap -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/chsh -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/sudo -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/passwd -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/newgrp -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/chfn -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/at -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/pkexec -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/expiry -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/usr/bin/ssh-agent -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/bin/mount -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/bin/fusermount -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/bin/umount -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+  - -a always,exit -F path=/bin/su -F perm=x -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k privileged
+
+  # Ensure successful file system mounts are collected
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k mounts
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S mount -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k mounts
+
+  # Ensure file deletion events by users are collected
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S unlink -S unlinkat -S rename -S renameat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k delete
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S unlink -S unlinkat -S rename -S renameat -F auid>=1000 -F auid!=4294967295 -k delete
+
+  # Ensure changes to system administration scope (sudoers) is collected
+  - -w /etc/sudoers -p wa -k scope
+  - -w /etc/sudoers.d/ -p wa -k scope
+
+  # Ensure system administrator actions (sudolog) are collected
+  - -w /var/log/sudo.log -p wa -k actions
+
+  # Ensure kernel module loading and unloading is collected
+  - -w /sbin/insmod -p x -k modules
+  - -w /sbin/rmmod -p x -k modules
+  - -w /sbin/modprobe -p x -k modules
+  - -a always,exit -F arch=b64 -S init_module -S delete_module -k modules
+
+  # Ensure the audit configuration is immutable
+  - -e 2
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/templates/systemd.go-audit.service.j2 b/roles/go_audit/templates/systemd.go-audit.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..872a3907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/templates/systemd.go-audit.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description = go-audit
+After=network.target auditd.service
+Conflicts = auditd.service
+
+[Service]
+Type = simple
+ExecStart = {{ go_audit_bindir }}/go-audit -config {{ config_prefix|default('/') }}etc/go-audit.yaml
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy = multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/tests/Vagrantfile b/roles/go_audit/tests/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71df3b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/tests/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+
+  config.vm.define "ubuntu18.04-amd64", primary: true do |ubuntu|
+    ubuntu.vm.box = "ubuntu/bionic64"
+    ubuntu.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.144.64"
+    ubuntu.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+      apt-get update
+      apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python
+    SHELL
+  end
+
+  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true
+
+end
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/tests/inventory b/roles/go_audit/tests/inventory
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6be1a9f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/tests/inventory
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+all:
+  hosts:
+    ubuntu18.04-amd64:
+      ansible_host: 192.168.144.64
+      ansible_user: vagrant
+      ansible_ssh_private_key_file:
+        .vagrant/machines/ubuntu18.04-amd64/virtualbox/private_key
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/tests/roles/go_audit b/roles/go_audit/tests/roles/go_audit
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..6581736d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/tests/roles/go_audit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/tests/test.yml b/roles/go_audit/tests/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d56c0f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/tests/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- hosts: all
+  become: yes
+  roles:
+    - go_audit
diff --git a/roles/go_audit/vars/main.yml b/roles/go_audit/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f32c2219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/go_audit/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+go_audit_go_version: 1.11.5
+go_audit_go_filename: "go{{ go_audit_go_version }}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+go_audit_go_download_url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/{{ go_audit_go_filename }}"
+# SHA256 checksums copied from https://golang.org/dl/
+go_audit_go_checksum: ff54aafedff961eb94792487e827515da683d61a5f9482f668008832631e5d25
+
+# go-audit is not versioned, therefore a commit hash is used instead.
+go_audit_commit: daf7385d7bea16bb1b51fbceeba07e7f3ad78f24
+go_audit_filename: "{{ go_audit_commit }}.tar.gz"
+go_audit_download_url: "https://github.com/slackhq/go-audit/archive/{{ go_audit_filename }}"
+# SHA256 checksum manually computed from
+# https://github.com/slackhq/go-audit/archive/{{ go_audit_commit }}.tar.gz
+go_audit_checksum: 7327796309fbd08086e28f69b4091b7d2f977c4d1384becfe3bc256ccc6c053b
+
+# SHA256 checksums manually computed from the binaries located in this role's
+# files/ directory. The binaries were build via this role (go_audit_build: yes).
+go_audit_binary_checksum: 223c904f06dcb2f7205ec8b4e5509d88bd9987bc1d64adb7e59ea7fc7232bbae