diff --git a/roles/util/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/util/defaults/main.yaml
index bcdc567..a57c3cb 100644
--- a/roles/util/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/util/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ util_package_state: latest
 util_packages:
   editors:
     - vim
+    - neovim
   devel:
     - git
     - mercurial
diff --git a/roles/util/tasks/Ubuntu.yaml b/roles/util/tasks/Ubuntu.yaml
index 89c7e73..fd97b52 100644
--- a/roles/util/tasks/Ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/roles/util/tasks/Ubuntu.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@
   apt_repository:
     repo: ppa:git-core/ppa
     state: "{{ util_git_ppa_state }}"
+
+- name: add neovim ppa
+  apt_repository:
+    repo: ppa:neovim-ppa/stable
+    state: present