diff --git a/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml
index e2c1d78bf064d3f3cedbad74774efd7edc7b7e64..64612ed5a5b21aee18277e03a2be8d1b41429798 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/slurm_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@
     group: root
     mode: 0400
 
+- name: Create symbolic links for Slurm config files
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    src: "{{ item.src }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
+    state: link
+    force: yes  # Force the creation of the symlinks even if source files do not exist yet
+  loop:
+    - { src: "/cm/shared/apps/slurm/var/etc/cgroup.conf", dest: "/etc/slurm/cgroup.conf" }
+    - { src: "/cm/shared/apps/slurm/var/etc/gres.conf", dest: "/etc/slurm/gres.conf" }
+    - { src: "/cm/shared/apps/slurm/var/etc/slurm.conf", dest: "/etc/slurm/slurm.conf" }
+    - { src: "/cm/shared/apps/slurm/var/etc/slurmdbd.conf", dest: "/etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf" }
+    - { src: "/cm/shared/apps/slurm/var/etc/job_submit.lua", dest: "/etc/slurm/job_submit.lua" }
+
 - name: Enable services
   ansible.builtin.service:
     name: "{{ item }}"