diff --git a/data/etc/fail2ban/jail.local b/data/etc/fail2ban/jail.local
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50d03c3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/etc/fail2ban/jail.local
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[sshd]
+enabled = true
+
+[apache-auth]
+enabled = true
+maxretry = 10
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ef61b15e5..143cb50be 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ setuptools.setup(
          glob.glob('data/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_*.aug')),
         ('/usr/share/pam-configs/',
          glob.glob('data/usr/share/pam-configs/*-freedombox')),
+        ('/etc/fail2ban/',
+         ['data/etc/fail2ban/jail.local']),
         ('/etc/plinth/modules-enabled',
          glob.glob(os.path.join(
              'data/etc/plinth/modules-enabled',