diff --git a/playbooks/roles/system/gateway_hosts/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/system/gateway_hosts/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02199ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/system/gateway_hosts/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+system_gateway_hosts_files:
+  - "/etc/hosts"
+system_gateway_hosts_hosts: {}
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/system/gateway_hosts/meta/argument_specs.yml b/playbooks/roles/system/gateway_hosts/meta/argument_specs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80e2c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/system/gateway_hosts/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+argument_specs:
+  main:
+    options:
+      ansible_hostname:
+        type: "str"
+        required: true
+      system_gateway_hosts_files:
+        type: "list"
+        elem: "str"
+        required: false
+      system_gateway_hosts_hosts:
+        type: "dict"
+        elem: "str"
+        required: false
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/system/gateway_hosts/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/system/gateway_hosts/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..262c6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/system/gateway_hosts/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+- name: "configure name resolution"
+  ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
+    path: "{{ item[0] }}"
+    insertbefore: "EOF"
+    marker: "# {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK SYSTEM {{ item[1].key }} #"
+    block: |
+      {{ item[1].value.inet }} {{ item[1].key }}
+      {{ item[1].value.inet6 }} {{ item[1].key }}
+  with_nested:
+    - "{{ system_gateway_hosts_files }}"
+    - "{{ system_gateway_hosts_hosts | dict2items }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/system.yml b/playbooks/system.yml
index 1b38489..ced290c 100644
--- a/playbooks/system.yml
+++ b/playbooks/system.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@
     - role: "system/zfs"
       tags: "system:zfs"
 
+- name: "system : valkyrie"
+  hosts: "valkyrie"
+  roles:
+    - role: "system/gateway_hosts"
+      tags: "system:gateway_hosts"
+  vars:
+    system_gateway_hosts_files:
+      - "/etc/hosts"
+      - "/etc/cloud/templates/hosts.debian.tmpl"
+    system_gateway_hosts_hosts:
+      "git.thenineworlds.net":
+        "inet": "{{ hostvars.valkyrie.services_host_services.rproxy.inet_address }}"
+        "inet6": "{{ hostvars.valkyrie.services_host_services.rproxy.inet6_address }}"
+
 - name: "system : all"
   hosts: "all"
   roles: