diff --git a/common/files/rwth_chain.pem b/common/files/rwth_chain_sha1.pem
similarity index 100%
rename from common/files/rwth_chain.pem
rename to common/files/rwth_chain_sha1.pem
diff --git a/common/files/rwth_chain_sha2.pem b/common/files/rwth_chain_sha2.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6c7fa44d2868424a006cb9b91840bbeebb3362ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/files/rwth_chain_sha2.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+SHA-2 chain, PCA Jul 14
+subject= /C=DE/O=RWTH Aachen/CN=RWTH Aachen CA/emailAddress=ca@rwth-aachen.de
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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+subject= /C=DE/O=DFN-Verein/OU=DFN-PKI/CN=DFN-Verein PCA Global - G01
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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diff --git a/common/tasks/tls.yml b/common/tasks/tls.yml
index 686a759c581053ae9e683a4a5dec460926f6a052..fccdab1b4994ae38aed60ab56a4ea7dbb6a1c309 100644
--- a/common/tasks/tls.yml
+++ b/common/tasks/tls.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,28 @@
     - packages
     - tls
 
-- name: ensure RWTH CA Chain is installed
-  copy: src=rwth_chain.pem dest=/etc/ssl/certs/rwth_chain.pem owner=root group=root mode=0644
+- name: ensure RWTH CA chains are installed
+  copy:
+    src: "{{item}}.pem"
+    dest: "/etc/ssl/certs/{{item}}.pem"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644
+  with_items:
+    - rwth_chain_sha1
+    - rwth_chain_sha2
+  tags:
+    - tls
+    - rwth
+
+- name: ensure we symlink the default RWTH CA chain
+  file:
+    src: /etc/ssl/certs/rwth_chain_sha1.pem
+    dest: /etc/ssl/certs/rwth_chain.pem
+    state: link
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    force: yes
   tags:
     - tls
     - rwth