diff --git a/tasks/configure_autoupdate.yml b/tasks/configure_autoupdate.yml
index fcfca2c22f110447a7e1f1047e3ab373c386a766..30334395c532b28a36efb8141a43f325ae3ae6cf 100644
--- a/tasks/configure_autoupdate.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure_autoupdate.yml
@@ -94,3 +94,8 @@
         owner: "root"
         group: "root"
         mode: "0644"
+    - name: Start timer for dnf-automatic-install.timer
+      ansible.builtin.systemd_service:
+        name: "dnf-automatic-install.timer"
+        enabled: true
+        state: started