diff --git a/playbooks/arch.yml b/playbooks/arch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b609bdb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/arch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+
+- name: Arch Linux | Install prerequisites
+  become: yes
+  become_method: su
+  become_user: root
+  raw: sleep 10 && pacman -Syu --noconfirm && pacman -S python2 sudo --noconfirm
diff --git a/playbooks/common.yml b/playbooks/common.yml
index 5628c37f..f78bd728 100644
--- a/playbooks/common.yml
+++ b/playbooks/common.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,9 @@
   include_tasks: freebsd.yml
   when: '"FreeBSD" in OS.stdout'
 
+- name: Arch pre-tasks
+  include_tasks: arch.yml
+  when: '"ARCH" in OS.stdout'
+
+
 - include_tasks: facts/main.yml
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/arch.yml b/roles/common/tasks/arch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7b36469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/arch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+
+- set_fact:
+    tools: []
+    sysctl:
+      - item: net.ipv4.ip_forward
+        value: 1
+      - item: net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding
+        value: 1
+      - item: net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding
+        value: 1
+    sysctl_file: /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf
+  tags:
+    - always
+
+- name: Loopback for services configured
+  template: src=10-loopback-services.network.j2 dest=/etc/systemd/network/10-loopback-services.network
+  tags:
+    - always
+
+- name: Networking restarted
+  systemd:
+    name: systemd-networkd
+    daemon_reload: yes
+    state: restarted
+  tags:
+    - always
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 5b6aa438..093ba207 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
     - include_tasks: freebsd.yml
       when: ansible_distribution == 'FreeBSD'
 
+    - include_tasks: arch.yml
+      when: ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'
+
+
     - name: Install tools
       package: name="{{ item }}" state=present
       with_items:
@@ -14,7 +18,10 @@
         - always
 
     - name: Sysctl tuning
-      sysctl: name="{{ item.item }}" value="{{ item.value }}"
+      sysctl:
+        name: "{{ item.item }}"
+        value: "{{ item.value }}"
+        sysctl_file: "{{ sysctl_file|default('/etc/sysctl.conf') }}"
       with_items:
         - "{{ sysctl|default([]) }}"
       tags:
diff --git a/roles/common/templates/10-loopback-services.network.j2 b/roles/common/templates/10-loopback-services.network.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..257396c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/common/templates/10-loopback-services.network.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Match]
+Name=lo
+
+[Network]
+Label=lo:100
+Address={{ local_service_ip }}/32
+Address=FCAA::1/64
diff --git a/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/arch.yml b/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/arch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cac7e38f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/arch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+
+- name: Arch Linux | Install cronie
+  pacman:
+    name: cronie
+
+- name: Arch Linux | Enable and start cronie
+  service:
+    name: cronie
+    state: started
+    enabled: yes
+
+- name: Arch Linux | Enable systemd-networkd-wait-online
+  service:
+    name: systemd-networkd-wait-online
+    enabled: yes
+
+
+- name: Arch Linux | The dnsmasq additional directories created
+  file:
+    dest: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0755'
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ config_prefix|default('/') }}etc/dnsmasq.d"
diff --git a/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/arch_set_nogroup.yml b/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/arch_set_nogroup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ed2d5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/arch_set_nogroup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+
+- name: Arch Linux | Set nogroup
+  set_fact:
+    nogroup: nobody
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/main.yml b/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/main.yml
index ded3f798..2e358379 100644
--- a/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dns_adblocking/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 ---
 - block:
-
     - name: The DNS tag is defined
       set_fact:
         local_dns: true
 
+    - include_tasks: arch_set_nogroup.yml
+      when: ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'
+
     - name: Dnsmasq installed
       package: name=dnsmasq
 
     - name: Ensure that the dnsmasq user exist
-      user: name=dnsmasq groups=nogroup append=yes state=present
+      user: "name=dnsmasq groups={{ nogroup|default('nogroup') }} append=yes state=present"
 
     - name: The dnsmasq directory created
-      file: dest=/var/lib/dnsmasq state=directory mode=0755 owner=dnsmasq group=nogroup
+      file: "dest=/var/lib/dnsmasq state=directory mode=0755 owner=dnsmasq group={{ nogroup|default('nogroup') }}"
 
     - include_tasks: ubuntu.yml
       when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian' or ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
@@ -20,6 +22,9 @@
     - include_tasks: freebsd.yml
       when: ansible_distribution == 'FreeBSD'
 
+    - include_tasks: arch.yml
+      when: ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'
+
     - name: Dnsmasq configured
       template:
         src: dnsmasq.conf.j2
diff --git a/roles/dns_adblocking/templates/dnsmasq.conf.j2 b/roles/dns_adblocking/templates/dnsmasq.conf.j2
index 501f7568..1a2a6194 100644
--- a/roles/dns_adblocking/templates/dnsmasq.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/dns_adblocking/templates/dnsmasq.conf.j2
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ server={{ host }}
 # If you want dnsmasq to change uid and gid to something other
 # than the default, edit the following lines.
 user=nobody
-group=nogroup
+group={{ nogroup|default('nogroup') }}
 
 # If you want dnsmasq to listen for DHCP and DNS requests only on
 # specified interfaces (and the loopback) give the name of the
diff --git a/roles/dns_encryption/tasks/arch.yml b/roles/dns_encryption/tasks/arch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9de0d35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/dns_encryption/tasks/arch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+
+- name: Arch Linux | Install dnscrypt-proxy
+  pacman:
+    name: dnscrypt-proxy
+    state: latest
+
+- name: Arch Linux | Patch dnscrypt-proxy.service
+  template:
+    src: dnscrypt-proxy.service.j2
+    dest: "{{ config_prefix|default('/') }}etc/systemd/system/dnscrypt-proxy.service"
+  notify:
+    - daemon reload
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/dns_encryption/tasks/main.yml b/roles/dns_encryption/tasks/main.yml
index 49c8d6e8..74e056c0 100644
--- a/roles/dns_encryption/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dns_encryption/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
   include_tasks: freebsd.yml
   when: ansible_distribution == 'FreeBSD'
 
+- name: Include tasks for Arch Linux
+  include_tasks: arch.yml
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'
+
 - name: dnscrypt-proxy configured
   template:
     src: dnscrypt-proxy.toml.j2
diff --git a/roles/dns_encryption/templates/dnscrypt-proxy.service.j2 b/roles/dns_encryption/templates/dnscrypt-proxy.service.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40726539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/dns_encryption/templates/dnscrypt-proxy.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=DNSCrypt-proxy client
+Documentation=https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki
+
+## Start service after the network is online.
+## Requires a wait service such as NetworkManager or systemd-networkd.
+## Verify using: 
+## systemctl is-enabled NetworkManager-wait-online.service systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
+## Then enable:
+## systemctl enable NetworkManager-wait-online.service
+## Or alternatively: 
+## systemctl enable systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+## DNSCrypt-proxy provides and requires name resolution. 
+Before=nss-lookup.target
+Wants=nss-lookup.target
+
+[Service]
+## Set O_NONBLOCK flag for socket unit.
+NonBlocking=true
+
+## Execute dnscrypt-proxy with configuration file.
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/dnscrypt-proxy --config /etc/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy.toml
+
+## Make /home, /root and /run/user read only.
+ProtectHome=yes
+
+## Make Linux control groups read only.
+ProtectControlGroups=yes
+
+## Deny explicit module loading.
+ProtectKernelModules=yes
+
+## Run dnscrypt-proxy as unprivileged user with
+## temporary assigned UID/GID. See man:systemd.exec
+## for more info. Requires systemd 232+.
+DynamicUser=yes
+CacheDirectory=dnscrypt-proxy
+LogsDirectory=dnscrypt-proxy
+RuntimeDirectory=dnscrypt-proxy
+
+[Install]
+
+## Create symlink for systemd to pull in the unit when starting multi-user.target
+## Can be found in /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/ssh_tunneling/tasks/arch.yml b/roles/ssh_tunneling/tasks/arch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5cbcc90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/ssh_tunneling/tasks/arch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+
+- name: Arch Linux | Set sshd daemon name
+  set_fact:
+    ssh_service_name: sshd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/ssh_tunneling/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ssh_tunneling/tasks/main.yml
index 8a1d4965..eea5dd8d 100644
--- a/roles/ssh_tunneling/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ssh_tunneling/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ---
 - block:
+    - name: Include tasks for Arch Linux
+      include_tasks: arch.yml
+      when: ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'
+
     - name: Ensure that the sshd_config file has desired options
       blockinfile:
         dest: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
diff --git a/roles/vpn/handlers/main.yml b/roles/vpn/handlers/main.yml
index 8ce3163a..2b0e8c12 100644
--- a/roles/vpn/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/vpn/handlers/main.yml
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@
 - name: restart iptables
   service: name=netfilter-persistent state=restarted
 
+- name: restart iptables arch
+  service: name=iptables state=restarted
+
 - name: rereadcrls
   shell: ipsec rereadcrls; ipsec purgecrls
diff --git a/roles/vpn/tasks/arch.yml b/roles/vpn/tasks/arch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b2f36c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/vpn/tasks/arch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+- set_fact:
+    strongswan_additional_plugins: []
+    iptables_rules_v4: /etc/iptables/iptables.rules
+    iptables_rules_v6: /etc/iptables/ip6tables.rules
+    restart_iptables: restart iptables arch
+    ipencap: ipv4
+
+- name: Archlinux | Install strongSwan
+  pacman:
+    name: strongswan
+    state: latest
+
+- name: Archlinux | Enable services
+  service: name={{ item }} enabled=yes
+  with_items:
+    - strongswan
+    - iptables
+
+- include_tasks: iptables.yml
+  tags: iptables
diff --git a/roles/vpn/tasks/iptables.yml b/roles/vpn/tasks/iptables.yml
index e5b10619..bf577632 100644
--- a/roles/vpn/tasks/iptables.yml
+++ b/roles/vpn/tasks/iptables.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
     group: root
     mode: 0640
   with_items:
-    - { src: rules.v4.j2, dest: /etc/iptables/rules.v4 }
+    - { src: rules.v4.j2, dest: "{{ iptables_rules_v4|default('/etc/iptables/rules.v4') }}" }
   notify:
-    - restart iptables
+    - "{{ restart_iptables|default('restart iptables') }}"
 
 - name: Iptables configured
   template:
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
     mode: 0640
   when: ipv6_support
   with_items:
-    - { src: rules.v6.j2, dest: /etc/iptables/rules.v6 }
+    - { src: rules.v6.j2, dest: "{{ iptables_rules_v6|default('/etc/iptables/rules.v6') }}" }
   notify:
-    - restart iptables
+    - "{{ restart_iptables|default('restart iptables') }}"
diff --git a/roles/vpn/tasks/main.yml b/roles/vpn/tasks/main.yml
index e0d0d1bf..d51be898 100644
--- a/roles/vpn/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/vpn/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
     - include_tasks: freebsd.yml
       when: ansible_distribution == 'FreeBSD'
 
+    - include_tasks: arch.yml
+      when: ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'
+
     - name: Install strongSwan
       package: name=strongswan state=present
 
diff --git a/roles/vpn/templates/rules.v4.j2 b/roles/vpn/templates/rules.v4.j2
index c51568aa..3f88c9e5 100644
--- a/roles/vpn/templates/rules.v4.j2
+++ b/roles/vpn/templates/rules.v4.j2
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ COMMIT
 # Allow new traffic to port 22 (SSH)
 -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j ACCEPT
 # Allow any traffic from the VPN
--A INPUT -p ipencap -m policy --dir in --pol ipsec --proto esp -j ACCEPT
+-A INPUT -p {{ ipencap|default('ipencap') }} -m policy --dir in --pol ipsec --proto esp -j ACCEPT
 
 # TODO:
 # The IP of the resolver should be bound to a DUMMY interface.