diff --git a/roles/nginx/files/start-nginx.sh b/roles/nginx/files/start-nginx.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d8210a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/nginx/files/start-nginx.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+/bin/systemctl start nginx
diff --git a/roles/nginx/files/stop-nginx.sh b/roles/nginx/files/stop-nginx.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3625e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/nginx/files/stop-nginx.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+/bin/systemctl stop nginx
diff --git a/roles/nginx/tasks/letsencrypt.yml b/roles/nginx/tasks/letsencrypt.yml
index f3f1c5d..9f0a1b4 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/tasks/letsencrypt.yml
+++ b/roles/nginx/tasks/letsencrypt.yml
@@ -216,8 +216,16 @@
 
 # On Ubuntu 20.04 it is no longer recommended/supported to use the standalone
 # certbot-auto so I guess we need to use the one from the repositories.
-- name: Install certbot (Ubuntu 20.04)
-  apt: name=certbot state=present update_cache=yes
+- block:
+  - name: Install certbot (Ubuntu 20.04)
+    apt: name=certbot state=present update_cache=yes
+
+  - name: Copy certbot post and pre hooks for nginx
+    copy: src={{ item.src }} dest={{ item.dest }} owner=root group=root mode=0755
+    with_items:
+      - { src: 'stop-nginx.sh', dest: '/etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/post/stop-nginx.sh' }
+      - { src: 'start-nginx.sh', dest: '/etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/post/start-nginx.sh' }
+
   when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version is version('20.04', '==')
   tags: letsencrypt