diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a5ab63d9986d6de6a37299b9adcb0291ef535727..d004e26d8d7f4e3024632bae1b972ba3bffae175 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,3 +10,27 @@ add pages that should be precreated by adding the following to your inventory wi
 ```
 
 pages will be created inside the `/var/www/dokuwiki/data/pages/` folder. the template needs to be copied to the host beforehand, for example by using the `files` role. one level of directories deep is created by the role, nested directories can't be created.
+
+
+## template style settings
+change some default template settings
+```
+template_style:
+  text = "#333333"
+  background = "#ffffff"
+  text_alt = "#999999"
+  background_alt = "#eeeeee"
+  text_neu = "#666666"
+  background_neu = "#dddddd"
+  border = "#cccccc"
+  highlight = "#ffff99"
+  link = "#2b73b7"
+  background_site = "#fbfaf9"
+  existing = "#008800"
+  missing = "#dd3300"
+  site_width = "75%"
+  sidebar_width = "16em"
+  tablet_width = "800px"
+  phone_width = "480px"
+  theme_color = "#008800"
+```
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index d037d7a8e66adab299c043fbc0f51628fc4bcde4..e4e68eb22987fad978dd51558a4d7c080b1ef560 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ dokuwiki:
   plugins: []
   precreate_pages: []
   timezone: UTC
+  template_style: ~
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 1b3be425ddf7069ccec0b3479694ca7c3d9790f9..8ac1e3c7a577c070178262a643e2dc8db580bf8c 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -44,3 +44,26 @@
 - name: create precreated pages if they do not exist
   include_tasks: precreate_pages.yml
   loop: "{{ dokuwiki.precreate_pages | dict2items }}"
+
+- name: set custom theme options
+  when: dokuwiki.template_style
+  block:
+    - name: create folder for custom theme options
+      file:
+        path: /usr/share/dokuwiki/conf/tpl/dokuwiki/
+        state: directory
+        mode: 0644
+
+    - name: set theme options
+      template:
+        src: style.ini.j2
+        dest: /usr/share/dokuwiki/conf/tpl/dokuwiki/style.ini
+        owner: root
+        group: www-data
+        mode: 0644
+
+- name: delete custom theme options
+  when: not dokuwiki.template_style
+  file:
+      path: /usr/share/dokuwiki/conf/tpl/dokuwiki/style.ini
+      state: absent
diff --git a/templates/style.ini.j2 b/templates/style.ini.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..779b09ca965ef1b9ad6aa2c69b7c6535ab8928fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/style.ini.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[stylesheets]
+extra.css  = all
+
+[replacements]
+;These overwrites have been generated from the Template styling Admin interface
+;Any values in this section will be overwritten by that tool again
+{% for k,v in dokuwiki.template_style.items() %}
+__{{ k }}__ = "{{ v }}"
+{% endfor -%}
\ No newline at end of file