diff --git a/roles/vmagent/defaults/main.yml b/roles/vmagent/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f31a20b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/vmagent/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+vmagent_remotewrite_url: http://[::1]:8428/api/v1/write
+
+vmagent_scrape_interval: 1m
+vmagent_scrape_configs: []
+
+vmagent_config:
+  global:
+    scrape_interval: '{{ vmagent_scrape_interval }}'
+
+  scrape_configs: "{{ vmagent_scrape_configs }}"
diff --git a/roles/vmagent/files/vmagent.service b/roles/vmagent/files/vmagent.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39013b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/vmagent/files/vmagent.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Victoria Metrics vmagent
+
+[Service]
+Type=exec
+Environment=httpListenAddr=[::1]:8429
+Environment=loggerDisableTimestamps=true
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/vmagent
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/vmagent -enableTCP6 -envflag.enable
+User=victoriametrics
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/vmagent/handlers/main.yml b/roles/vmagent/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbbe825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/vmagent/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+- name: reload systemd
+  systemd:
+    daemon_reload: true
+
+- name: restart vmagent
+  service:
+    name: vmagent
+    state: restarted
+
+- name: reload vmagent
+  uri:
+    url: http://[::1]:8429/-/reload
+  changed_when: true
diff --git a/roles/vmagent/tasks/deploy.yml b/roles/vmagent/tasks/deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22ff28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/vmagent/tasks/deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+- name: ensure victoria metrics user exists
+  user:
+    name: victoriametrics
+    system: true
+    home: /var/lib/victoria-metrics
+    createhome: false
+    shell: /sbin/nologin
+    state: present
+  tags:
+  - user
+
+- name: ensure /etc/sysconfig directory exists
+  file:
+    path: /etc/sysconfig
+    mode: u=rwx,go=rx
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    state: directory
+  tags:
+  - config
+- name: ensure vmagent is configured
+  template:
+    src: vmagent.sysconfig.j2
+    dest: /etc/sysconfig/vmagent
+    mode: '0644'
+  notify:
+  - restart vmagent
+  tags:
+  - config
+
+- name: ensure victoria metrics config directory exists
+  file:
+    path: /etc/victoria-metrics
+    mode: '0755'
+    state: directory
+  tags:
+  - config
+- name: ensure vmagent scrape configuration is set
+  copy:
+    dest: /etc/victoria-metrics/scrape.yml
+    content: '{{ vmagent_config|to_nice_yaml(indent=2) }}'
+    mode: '0644'
+  notify:
+  - reload vmagent
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - scrape-config
+
+- name: ensure vmagent starts at boot
+  service:
+    name: vmagent
+    enabled: true
+  tags:
+  - service
+  - systemd
+- name: ensure vmagent is running
+  service:
+    name: vmagent
+    state: started
+  tags:
+  - service
+  - systemd
diff --git a/roles/vmagent/tasks/install.yml b/roles/vmagent/tasks/install.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d97e530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/vmagent/tasks/install.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- name: ensure vmagent systemd unit is installed
+  copy:
+    src: vmagent.service
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/vmagent.service
+    mode: '0644'
+  notify:
+  - reload systemd
+  - restart vmagent
+  tags:
+  - service
+  - systemd
diff --git a/roles/vmagent/tasks/main.yml b/roles/vmagent/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5b2917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/vmagent/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+- block:
+  - import_tasks: install.yml
+    tags:
+    - install
+  - import_tasks: deploy.yml
+  tags:
+  - vmagent
diff --git a/roles/vmagent/templates/vmagent.sysconfig.j2 b/roles/vmagent/templates/vmagent.sysconfig.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81c775c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/vmagent/templates/vmagent.sysconfig.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+remoteWrite_url={{ vmagent_remotewrite_url }}
+{% if vmagent_config is not none %}
+promscrape_config=/etc/victoria-metrics/scrape.yml
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/victoria-metrics.yml b/victoria-metrics.yml
index d30751e..98b5672 100644
--- a/victoria-metrics.yml
+++ b/victoria-metrics.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
   roles:
   - role: victoria-metrics
     tags: victoria-metrics
+
+- hosts: vmagent
+  roles:
+  - vmagent