diff --git a/zabbix-agent/tasks/main.yml b/zabbix-agent/tasks/main.yml
index 243609f98741b5d50e0c89f20fb66f1dbdd4a99f..73431b40d6493503783e98f9bd22df2d749f3343 100644
--- a/zabbix-agent/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/zabbix-agent/tasks/main.yml
@@ -30,4 +30,12 @@
     - service
     - zabbix
 
+# unfortunately this packages is totaly useless because of some ubuntu specific dependencies
+- name: install debian update checks
+  apt: update_cache=yes  name=zabbix-check-dpkg state=latest
+  tags:
+    - zabbix
+    - packages
+    - chr
+
 - meta: flush_handlers
diff --git a/zabbix-repo/files/chr.gpg b/zabbix-repo/files/chr.gpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e43660b66c0677270ee9c995133c0ac40fa3b688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zabbix-repo/files/chr.gpg
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
+Version: GnuPG v1
+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+=mJk/
+-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
diff --git a/zabbix-repo/tasks/main.yml b/zabbix-repo/tasks/main.yml
index 99838637f121e62c93d17a4c2fc7678644679d9c..a7bc01cc18869a03ae5a1c699b120bec892409b1 100644
--- a/zabbix-repo/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/zabbix-repo/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,3 +26,23 @@
 
 - meta: flush_handlers
 
+- name: ensure chr's key is present
+  apt_key: data="{{ lookup('file', 'chr.gpg') }}" state=present 
+  tags:
+    - packages
+    - repos 
+    - zabbix
+    - chr
+
+- name: ensure chr's repo is present
+  apt_repository: repo={{ item }} state=present
+  with_items:
+    - 'deb http://repository.chr.istoph.de/ubuntu xenial main'
+  notify:
+    - update apt cache
+  tags:
+    - packages
+    - repos
+    - zabbix
+    - chr
+