diff --git a/ansible/roles/dotfiles/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/dotfiles/tasks/main.yml
index 206c0e80..96f71395 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/dotfiles/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/dotfiles/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
---
# - git: repo=https://github.com/kejadlen/dotfiles.git dest=~/.dotfiles force=no
- include: dotfiles.yml
+- include: powerline.yml
- include: prezto.yml
diff --git a/ansible/roles/dotfiles/tasks/powerline.yml b/ansible/roles/dotfiles/tasks/powerline.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db5173c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/dotfiles/tasks/powerline.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+- homebrew: name=python state=present
+- command: pip install -e --user ~/.dotfiles/src/powerline