diff --git a/src/mailsrv/Containerfile b/src/mailsrv/Containerfile
index 653bbc7..fc79b97 100644
--- a/src/mailsrv/Containerfile
+++ b/src/mailsrv/Containerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ARG FILESUID=5000
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 # install packages we want
-RUN apt update -y && apt install -y rsyslog postfix dovecot-imapd dovecot-lmtpd dovecot-sieve
+RUN apt update -y && apt install -y rsyslog postfix dovecot-imapd dovecot-lmtpd dovecot-sieve cron
 
 # add virtual mail user
 RUN addgroup --gid ${FILESUID:?} vmail && \
diff --git a/src/mailsrv/assets/bin/mkvirt b/src/mailsrv/assets/bin/mkvirt
index 36fdd86..1ffb53e 100755
--- a/src/mailsrv/assets/bin/mkvirt
+++ b/src/mailsrv/assets/bin/mkvirt
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ for user in * ; do
   fi
   cp -p ${user} /vol/mail/${user}/.dovecot.sieve
 done
+
+### Crontab ###
+
+# load crontab
+crontab /vol/data/crontab