diff --git a/roles/user-account/files/i3status/config b/roles/user-account/files/i3status/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9216f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/user-account/files/i3status/config
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+general {
+        colors = true
+        interval = 5
+}
+
+order += "battery all"
+order += "tztime local"
+
+battery all {
+        format = "%status %percentage %remaining"
+	format_down = ""
+	last_full_capacity = true
+}
+
+tztime local {
+        format = "%d.%m.%Y %H:%M"
+}
diff --git a/roles/user-account/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/user-account/tasks/main.yaml
index 31fc4be..f9226c4 100644
--- a/roles/user-account/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/user-account/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -90,3 +90,18 @@
       etype: user
       permissions: r
       state: present
+
+- name: ensure i3status config-dir exists
+  become_user: "{{ account.name }}"
+  file:
+      path: "/home/{{ account.name }}/.config/i3status"
+      state: directory
+      mode: "0700"
+
+- name: install i3status config
+  become_user: "{{ account.name }}"
+  copy:
+      src: i3status/config
+      dest: "/home/{{ account.name }}/.config/i3status/config"
+      mode: "0644"
+