diff --git a/docs/prerequisites.md b/docs/prerequisites.md
index e72b3496..3427c8a3 100644
--- a/docs/prerequisites.md
+++ b/docs/prerequisites.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Prerequisites
 
-- An x86 server running **CentOS** (7 only for now; [8 is not yet supported](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/issues/300)), **Debian** (9/Stretch+) or **Ubuntu** (16.04+). This playbook doesn't support running on ARM ([see](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/issues/299)), however a minimal subset of the tools can be built on the host, which may result in a working configuration, even on a Raspberry pi (see [Self-Building](self-building.md)). We only strive to support released stable versions of distributions, not betas or pre-releases. This playbook can take over your whole server or co-exist with other services that you have there.
+- An x86 server running **CentOS** (7 only for now; [8 is not yet supported](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/issues/300)), **Debian** (9/Stretch+), **Ubuntu** (16.04+), or **Archlinux**. This playbook doesn't support running on ARM ([see](https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy/issues/299)), however a minimal subset of the tools can be built on the host, which may result in a working configuration, even on a Raspberry pi (see [Self-Building](self-building.md)). We only strive to support released stable versions of distributions, not betas or pre-releases. This playbook can take over your whole server or co-exist with other services that you have there.
 
 - `root` access to your server (or a user capable of elevating to `root` via `sudo`).
 
diff --git a/roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml b/roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml
index b2d8c249..b0e1c8b6 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-base/tasks/sanity_check.yml
@@ -44,3 +44,10 @@
     - "{{ matrix_server_fqn_matrix }}"
     - "{{ matrix_server_fqn_riot }}"
   when: "item != item|lower"
+
+- name: Fail if using python2 on Archlinux
+  fail:
+    msg: "Detected that you're using python2 when installing onto Archlinux. Archlinux by default only supports python3."
+  when:
+    - ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'
+    - ansible_python.version.major != 3
diff --git a/roles/matrix-base/tasks/server_base/setup.yml b/roles/matrix-base/tasks/server_base/setup.yml
index 70b2e4fc..73abbec2 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-base/tasks/server_base/setup.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-base/tasks/server_base/setup.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 - include_tasks: "{{ role_path }}/tasks/server_base/setup_raspbian.yml"
   when: (ansible_os_family == 'Debian') and (ansible_lsb.id == 'Raspbian') 
 
+- include_tasks: "{{ role_path }}/tasks/server_base/setup_archlinux.yml"
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'
+
 - name: Ensure Docker is started and autoruns
   service:
     name: docker
@@ -17,6 +20,6 @@
 
 - name: Ensure ntpd is started and autoruns
   service:
-    name: "{{ 'ntpd' if ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' else 'ntp' }}"
+    name: "{{ 'ntpd' if ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux' else 'ntp' }}"
     state: started
     enabled: yes
diff --git a/roles/matrix-base/tasks/server_base/setup_archlinux.yml b/roles/matrix-base/tasks/server_base/setup_archlinux.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e68e4e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/matrix-base/tasks/server_base/setup_archlinux.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+
+- name: Install host dependencies
+  pacman:
+    name:
+      - bash-completion
+      - python-docker
+      - ntp
+      # TODO This needs to be verified. Which version do we need?
+      - fuse3
+      - python-dnspython
+    state: latest
+    update_cache: yes
+
+- name: Ensure Docker is installed
+  pacman:
+    name:
+      - docker
+    state: latest
+  when: matrix_docker_installation_enabled|bool
diff --git a/roles/matrix-common-after/tasks/start.yml b/roles/matrix-common-after/tasks/start.yml
index 6a531814..18d3a2c3 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-common-after/tasks/start.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-common-after/tasks/start.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 - name: Populate service facts
   service_facts:
+  when: ansible_distribution != 'Archlinux'
 
 - name: Fail if service isn't detected to be running
   fail:
@@ -38,4 +39,31 @@
       It's possible that there's a configuration problem or another service on your server interferes with it (uses the same ports, etc.).
       Try running `systemctl status {{ item }}` and `journalctl -fu {{ item }}` on the server to investigate.
   with_items: "{{ matrix_systemd_services_list }}"
-  when: "ansible_facts.services[item + '.service']|default(none) is none or ansible_facts.services[item + '.service'].state != 'running'"
+  when:
+    - "ansible_facts.services[item + '.service']|default(none) is none or ansible_facts.services[item + '.service'].state != 'running'"
+    - ansible_distribution != 'Archlinux'
+
+# Currently there is a bug in ansible that renders is incompatible with systemd.
+# service_facts is not collecting the data successfully.
+# Therefore iterating here manually
+- name: Fetch systemd information
+  systemd:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+  register: systemdstatus
+  with_items: "{{ matrix_systemd_services_list }}"
+  when:
+    - ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'
+
+- name: Fail if service isn't detected to be running
+  fail:
+    msg: >-
+      {{ item.item }} was not detected to be running.
+      It's possible that there's a configuration problem or another service on your server interferes with it (uses the same ports, etc.).
+      Try running `systemctl status {{ item.item }}` and `journalctl -fu {{ item.item }}` on the server to investigate.
+  with_items: "{{ systemdstatus.results }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name }}"
+  when:
+    #- "ansible_facts.services[item + '.service']|default(none) is none or ansible_facts.services[item + '.service'].state != 'running'"
+    - "item.status['ActiveState'] != 'active'"
+    - "ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'"
diff --git a/roles/matrix-mxisd/tasks/setup_mxisd.yml b/roles/matrix-mxisd/tasks/setup_mxisd.yml
index cc7712bb..0ad36301 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-mxisd/tasks/setup_mxisd.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-mxisd/tasks/setup_mxisd.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   when: matrix_mxisd_enabled|bool and not matrix_mxisd_container_image_self_build
 
 - block:
-  - name: Ensure gradle is installed for self-building
+  - name: Ensure gradle is installed for self-building (Debian)
     apt:
       name:
         - gradle
@@ -34,11 +34,19 @@
       update_cache: yes
     when: (ansible_os_family == 'Debian')
 
-  - name: Ensure gradle is installed for self-building
+  - name: Ensure gradle is installed for self-building (CentOS)
     fail:
       msg: "Installing gradle on CentOS is currently not supported, so self-building mxisd cannot happen at this time"
     when: ansible_distribution == 'CentOS'
 
+  - name: Ensure gradle is installed for self-building (Archlinux)
+    pacman:
+      name:
+        - gradle
+      state: latest
+      update_cache: yes
+    when: ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'
+
   - name: Ensure mxisd repository is present on self-build
     git:
       repo: https://github.com/kamax-matrix/mxisd.git
diff --git a/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/tasks/ssl/setup_ssl_self_signed.yml b/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/tasks/ssl/setup_ssl_self_signed.yml
index 437c8f68..8fa316da 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/tasks/ssl/setup_ssl_self_signed.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-nginx-proxy/tasks/ssl/setup_ssl_self_signed.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
     update_cache: no
   when: "matrix_ssl_retrieval_method == 'self-signed' and ansible_os_family == 'Debian'"
 
+- name: Ensure OpenSSL installed (Archlinux)
+  pacman:
+    name:
+      - openssl
+    state: latest
+    update_cache: no
+  when: "matrix_ssl_retrieval_method == 'self-signed' and ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'"
+
 - name: Generate self-signed certificates
   include_tasks: "{{ role_path }}/tasks/ssl/setup_ssl_self_signed_obtain_for_domain.yml"
   with_items: "{{ matrix_ssl_domains_to_obtain_certificates_for }}"
diff --git a/roles/matrix-synapse/tasks/ext/synapse-simple-antispam/setup_install.yml b/roles/matrix-synapse/tasks/ext/synapse-simple-antispam/setup_install.yml
index 5c20d869..611325c0 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-synapse/tasks/ext/synapse-simple-antispam/setup_install.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-synapse/tasks/ext/synapse-simple-antispam/setup_install.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@
     update_cache: no
   when: "ansible_os_family == 'Debian'"
 
+- name: Ensure git installed (Archlinux)
+  pacman:
+    name:
+      - git
+    state: present
+    update_cache: no
+  when: "ansible_distribution == 'Archlinux'"
+
 - name: Clone synapse-simple-antispam git repository
   git:
     repo: "{{ matrix_synapse_ext_spam_checker_synapse_simple_antispam_git_repository_url }}"
diff --git a/roles/matrix-synapse/tasks/update_user_password.yml b/roles/matrix-synapse/tasks/update_user_password.yml
index 5d63f8cb..0d77f5dd 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-synapse/tasks/update_user_password.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-synapse/tasks/update_user_password.yml
@@ -33,12 +33,7 @@
 - name: Wait a while, so that Matrix Synapse can manage to start
   pause:
     seconds: 7
-  when: "start_result.changed"
-
-- name: Wait a while, so that Matrix Postgres can manage to start
-  pause:
-    seconds: 7
-  when: "postgres_start_result.changed"
+  when: "start_result.changed or postgres_start_result.changed"
 
 - name: Generate password hash
   shell: "/usr/bin/docker exec matrix-synapse /usr/local/bin/hash_password -c /data/homeserver.yaml -p {{ password }}"