diff --git a/basic-system/defaults/main.yml b/basic-system/defaults/main.yml
index dc51f85261946f65b9d445ec3d01f3a17e7c81e7..262bb4ae1d8108d84e5dc57e1f5b5273b10c4395 100644
--- a/basic-system/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/basic-system/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ etckeeper: true
 rsyslog_needed: false
 hosts_precious: false
 journal_persitent_with_package: true
+common_sysctl_file: '/etc/sysctl.conf'
diff --git a/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml b/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml
index bddf2f34a4fb675c1c7f7bc00db119de91ed261c..608ae54fc3392c7611e2883484fdae54432f6c71 100644
--- a/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml
+++ b/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     value: '1'
     state: present
     sysctl_set: true
+    sysctl_file: "{{ common_sysctl_file }}"
   tags:
     - security
     - sysctl
diff --git a/basic-system/tasks/network.yml b/basic-system/tasks/network.yml
index 5d8d64f74fae85aa9a9daf31d7fb28c36c7f7da9..be7e8f2cd206276d278359657cc827409f2267b1 100644
--- a/basic-system/tasks/network.yml
+++ b/basic-system/tasks/network.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     value: '0'
     state: present
     sysctl_set: true
+    sysctl_file: "{{ common_sysctl_file }}"
   tags:
     - security
     - sysctl
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
     value: '0'
     state: present
     sysctl_set: true
+    sysctl_file: "{{ common_sysctl_file }}"
   tags:
     - security
     - sysctl
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@
     value: '0'
     state: present
     sysctl_set: true
+    sysctl_file: "{{ common_sysctl_file }}"
   tags:
     - security
     - sysctl