diff --git a/roles/README b/roles/README
index 7e79006853..f57626db0e 100644
--- a/roles/README
+++ b/roles/README
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ To re-import/update the OpenShift Ansible roles:
         etcd
         etcd_ca
         etcd_certificates
+        openshift_common
         openshift_examples
         openshift_facts
         openshift_manage_node
diff --git a/roles/openshift_common/README.md b/roles/openshift_common/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb4ef26e85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openshift_common/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+OpenShift Common
+================
+
+OpenShift common installation and configuration tasks.
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+A RHEL 7.1 host pre-configured with access to the rhel-7-server-rpms,
+rhel-7-server-extra-rpms, and rhel-7-server-ose-3.0-rpms repos.
+
+Role Variables
+--------------
+
+| Name                      | Default value     |                                             |
+|---------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|
+| openshift_cluster_id      | default           | Cluster name if multiple OpenShift clusters |
+| openshift_debug_level     | 0                 | Global openshift debug log verbosity        |
+| openshift_hostname        | UNDEF             | Internal hostname to use for this host (this value will set the hostname on the system) |
+| openshift_ip              | UNDEF             | Internal IP address to use for this host    |
+| openshift_public_hostname | UNDEF             | Public hostname to use for this host        |
+| openshift_public_ip       | UNDEF             | Public IP address to use for this host      |
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+os_firewall
+openshift_facts
+openshift_repos
+
+Example Playbook
+----------------
+
+TODO
+
+License
+-------
+
+Apache License, Version 2.0
+
+Author Information
+------------------
+
+Jason DeTiberus (jdetiber@redhat.com)
diff --git a/roles/openshift_common/defaults/main.yml b/roles/openshift_common/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d3e0fe9e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openshift_common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+openshift_cluster_id: 'default'
+openshift_debug_level: 0
diff --git a/roles/openshift_common/meta/main.yml b/roles/openshift_common/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81363ec68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openshift_common/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+galaxy_info:
+  author: Jason DeTiberus
+  description: OpenShift Common
+  company: Red Hat, Inc.
+  license: Apache License, Version 2.0
+  min_ansible_version: 1.7
+  platforms:
+  - name: EL
+    versions:
+    - 7
+  categories:
+  - cloud
+dependencies:
+- { role: os_firewall }
+- { role: openshift_facts }
+- { role: openshift_repos }
diff --git a/roles/openshift_common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openshift_common/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7c5650670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openshift_common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+- name: Set common OpenShift facts
+  openshift_facts:
+    role: common
+    local_facts:
+      cluster_id: "{{ openshift_cluster_id | default('default') }}"
+      debug_level: "{{ openshift_debug_level | default(0) }}"
+      hostname: "{{ openshift_hostname | default(None) }}"
+      ip: "{{ openshift_ip | default(None) }}"
+      public_hostname: "{{ openshift_public_hostname | default(None) }}"
+      public_ip: "{{ openshift_public_ip | default(None) }}"
+      use_openshift_sdn: "{{ openshift_use_openshift_sdn | default(None) }}"
+      sdn_network_plugin_name: "{{ os_sdn_network_plugin_name | default(None) }}"
+      deployment_type: "{{ openshift_deployment_type }}"
+
+- name: Set hostname
+  hostname: name={{ openshift.common.hostname }}
diff --git a/roles/openshift_common/vars/main.yml b/roles/openshift_common/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e7d71154f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openshift_common/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+# TODO: Upstream kubernetes only supports iptables currently, if this changes,
+# then these variable should be moved to defaults
+# TODO: it might be possible to still use firewalld if we wire up the created
+# chains with the public zone (or the zone associated with the correct
+# interfaces)
+os_firewall_use_firewalld: False
+
+openshift_data_dir: /var/lib/openshift