diff --git a/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
index ece214e7d..c1e24c4be 100644
--- a/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nextcloud/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,9 +56,14 @@
     - "php{{ php_version }}-mysql"
     - "php{{ php_version }}-curl"
     - "php{{ php_version }}-intl"
- #   - "php{{ php_version }}-mcrypt"
-    - "mcrypt"
-  when: is_debuntu
+    - "php{{ php_version }}-mcrypt"
+  when: is_debuntu and not is_ubuntu_18
+
+- name: In Ubuntu 18, php dropped mcrypt
+  package:
+    name: mcrypt
+    state: present
+  when: is_ubuntu_18
 
 # we need to install the rpm in order to get the dependencies
 # but we only need to do this the first time