diff --git a/common/wireguard/tasks/main.yml b/common/wireguard/tasks/main.yml
index 5ab5d4e8bc91c351928bca908acdf0d8a0f6eb9d..9cf9ba9a6e891b4622a4fded2b19aa71d14d4af2 100644
--- a/common/wireguard/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/common/wireguard/tasks/main.yml
@@ -57,3 +57,10 @@
   ansible.builtin.systemd:
     name: "wg-quick@wg0"
     state: started
+
+- name: "Cron Job to hold tunnel open"
+  ansible.builtin.cron:
+    name: "wireguard-keepalive"
+    minute: "*/5"
+    job: "ping -c 1 -q 10.43.1.1 > /dev/null"
+  when: inventory_hostname == 'carrot'