diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8cd27c8..6be675f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ filter_plugins/__pycache__
 filter_plugins/*.bak
 python/
 collections/ansible_collections
-roles/
+roles/autofsck
diff --git a/bigboot-noop.yml b/bigboot-noop.yml
index a03d90e..f3c9fda 100644
--- a/bigboot-noop.yml
+++ b/bigboot-noop.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
       when:
         - bigboot_execute_bigboot | bool
 
+    # this reboot is just for *my* tesitng; at this point we'd have already
+    # rebooted at least once which would have ran the fsck
     - name: Reboot the host
       ansible.builtin.reboot:
         msg: Reboot by Ansible
diff --git a/roles/requirements.yml b/roles/requirements.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9358be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/requirements.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- name: autofsck
+  src: https://gitea.thezengarden.net/ansible_roles/autofsck.git
+  scm: git
+  version: main