diff --git a/roles/php-fpm/handlers/main.yml b/roles/php-fpm/handlers/main.yml
index 2067b3a..10bde20 100644
--- a/roles/php-fpm/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php-fpm/handlers/main.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@
 - name: reload php7.0-fpm
   systemd: name=php7.0-fpm state=reloaded
 
+# For Ubuntu 18.04
+- name: reload php7.2-fpm
+  systemd: name=php7.2-fpm state=reloaded
+
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2:
diff --git a/roles/php-fpm/tasks/Ubuntu_18.04.yml b/roles/php-fpm/tasks/Ubuntu_18.04.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..129f853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/php-fpm/tasks/Ubuntu_18.04.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+- name: Install php-fpm and deps
+  apt: name={{ item }} state=present update_cache=yes
+  with_items:
+    - php-fpm
+    # for WordPress
+    - php-mysql
+    - php-gd
+    - php-curl
+    # for Piwik
+    - php-mbstring
+    - php-xml
+  tags: php-fpm, packages
+
+# only copy php-fpm config for vhosts that need WordPress or PHP
+- name: Copy php-fpm pool config
+  template: src=php7.2-pool.conf.j2 dest=/etc/php/7.2/fpm/pool.d/{{ item.domain_name }}.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  with_items: "{{ nginx_vhosts }}"
+  when: (item.has_wordpress is defined and item.has_wordpress == True) or (item.needs_php is defined and item.needs_php == True)
+  notify: reload php7.2-fpm
+  tags: php-fpm
+
+- name: Remove default www pool
+  file: path=/etc/php/7.2/fpm/pool.d/www.conf state=absent
+  notify: reload php7.2-fpm
+  tags: php-fpm
+
+# re-configure php.ini
+- name: Update php.ini
+  template: src=php7.2-php.ini.j2 dest=/etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  notify: reload php7.2-fpm
+  tags: php-fpm
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2:
diff --git a/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml
index 77c5994..175dd04 100644
--- a/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,9 @@
   when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' or (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version is version_compare('9', '=='))
   tags: php-fpm
 
+- name: Configure php-fpm on Ubuntu 18.04
+  import_tasks: Ubuntu_18.04.yml
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('18.04', '==')
+  tags: php-fpm
+
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2:
diff --git a/roles/php-fpm/templates/php7.2-pool.conf.j2 b/roles/php-fpm/templates/php7.2-pool.conf.j2
index f75f3cb..a75a683 100644
--- a/roles/php-fpm/templates/php7.2-pool.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/php-fpm/templates/php7.2-pool.conf.j2
@@ -301,13 +301,9 @@ pm.max_spare_servers = 3
 ;  %t: server time the request was received
 ;      it can accept a strftime(3) format:
 ;      %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z (default)
-;      The strftime(3) format must be encapsuled in a %{<strftime_format>}t tag
-;      e.g. for a ISO8601 formatted timestring, use: %{%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z}t
 ;  %T: time the log has been written (the request has finished)
 ;      it can accept a strftime(3) format:
 ;      %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z (default)
-;      The strftime(3) format must be encapsuled in a %{<strftime_format>}t tag
-;      e.g. for a ISO8601 formatted timestring, use: %{%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z}t
 ;  %u: remote user
 ;
 ; Default: "%R - %u %t \"%m %r\" %s"