diff --git a/roles/common-tools/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common-tools/tasks/main.yml
index 9abf0ed7..743affe3 100644
--- a/roles/common-tools/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common-tools/tasks/main.yml
@@ -41,3 +41,16 @@
   register: apt_result
   retries: 3
   until: apt_result is succeeded
+
+- name: Set permissions on screen
+  file:
+    path: /usr/bin/screen
+    owner: root
+    group: utmp
+    mode: '4755'
+
+- name: Deploy screen tmpfile
+  template:
+    src: tmpfiles.d/screen.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/tmpfiles.d/screen.conf
+    mode: 0644
diff --git a/roles/common-tools/templates/tmpfiles.d/screen.conf.j2 b/roles/common-tools/templates/tmpfiles.d/screen.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e6ea993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/common-tools/templates/tmpfiles.d/screen.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+d /var/run/screen 0755 root utmp