diff --git a/ansible/cheaha.yml b/ansible/cheaha.yml
index bfb1af113f50383b600441092d4549aef7a82901..e940cf69961b66e1e480ae76bf77492075840df1 100644
--- a/ansible/cheaha.yml
+++ b/ansible/cheaha.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
     - { name: 'nfs_mounts', tags: 'nfs_mounts' }
     - { name: 'ldap_config', tags: 'ldap_config' }
     - { name: 'slurm_client', tags: 'slurm_client' }
+    - { name: 'ssh_host_keys', tags: 'ssh_host_keys' }
diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all b/ansible/group_vars/all
index e55be3c6b5c2ad77a3195681900b9b84a6a25585..d7c61a7a540e48dde8978cd2c7dbc21665226447 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all
@@ -10,3 +10,12 @@
   nhc_download_path: "/tmp"
   nhc_git_repo: "https://gitlab.rc.uab.edu/rc/nhc.git"
   nhc_git_repo_path: "/tmp/nhc"
+
+#SSH Host Keys
+  s3_endpoint: ""
+  ssh_host_keys_s3_bucket: ""
+  ssh_host_keys_s3_object: ""
+
+# AWS credentials
+lts_access_key: ""
+lts_secret_key: ""
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ssh_host_key/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ssh_host_key/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..052000d9cf5d19a919a0a5c43637e6f4591ed001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/ssh_host_key/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+---
+- name: Ensure destination directory exists only if not present
+  file:
+    path: /tmp/ssh_keys
+    state: directory
+    mode: '0755'
+  args:
+    creates: /tmp/ssh_keys
+
+- name: Download SSH host keys tar.gz from S3
+  aws_s3:
+    mode: get
+    s3_url: "{{ s3_endpoint }}"
+    bucket: "{{ ssh_host_keys_s3_bucket }}"
+    object: "{{ ssh_host_keys_s3_object }}"
+    dest: "/tmp/ssh_keys/{{ ssh_host_keys_s3_object }}"
+    aws_access_key: "{{ lts_access_key }}"
+    aws_secret_key: "{{ lts_secret_key }}"
+  vars:
+    ansible_python_interpreter: /usr/bin/python3
+
+- name: Unpack SSH host keys to /etc/ssh
+  unarchive:
+    src: "/tmp/ssh_keys/{{ ssh_host_keys_s3_object }}"
+    dest: "/etc/ssh"
+    remote_src: yes
+  become: true
+
+- name: Restart SSH service
+  ansible.builtin.service:
+    name: sshd
+    state: restarted
+  become: true