diff --git a/roles/calibre-web/tasks/main.yml b/roles/calibre-web/tasks/main.yml
index 3ff49e0f1..fb2657188 100644
--- a/roles/calibre-web/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/calibre-web/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+- name: Install ImageMagick (debuntu)
+  package:
+    name:
+      - imagemagick
+    state: present
+  when: is_debuntu
+
+- name: Allow ImageMagick to read PDFs (debuntu)
+  lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
+    regexp: '<policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="PDF" />'
+    backrefs: yes
+    line: '  <policy domain="coder" rights="read" pattern="PDF" />'
+    state: present
+  when: is_debuntu
+
 - name: Create 3 Calibre-Web folders to store data and configuration files
   file:
     path: "{{ item }}"