diff --git a/README-role.md b/README-role.md
index b8e3b655..9d51ec00 100644
--- a/README-role.md
+++ b/README-role.md
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ Example playbook to ensure that different members are not associated with a role
       - User Administrators
       service:
       - service01
+      sysaccount:
+      - my-app
       action: member
       state: absent
 ```
@@ -253,6 +255,7 @@ Variable | Description | Required
 `host` | List of hosts to be assigned or not assigned to the role. | no
 `hostgroup` | List of hostgroups to be assigned or not assigned to the role. | no
 `service` | List of services to be assigned or not assigned to the role. | no
+`sysaccount` | List of sysaccounts to be assigned or not assigned to the role. | no
 `action` | Work on role or member level. It can be on of `member` or `role` and defaults to `role`. | no
 `state` | The state to ensure. It can be one of `present`, `absent`, default: `present`. | no
 
@@ -261,3 +264,4 @@ Authors
 =======
 
 Rafael Jeffman
+Thomas Woerner
diff --git a/plugins/modules/iparole.py b/plugins/modules/iparole.py
index bf449839..09c407ab 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/iparole.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/iparole.py
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ options:
     type: list
     elements: str
     required: false
+  sysaccount:
+    description: List of sysaccounts.
+    type: list
+    elements: str
+    required: false
   action:
     description: Work on role or member level.
     type: str
@@ -177,7 +182,7 @@ def check_parameters(module):
             "description",
             "user", "group",
             "host", "hostgroup",
-            "service",
+            "service", "sysaccount",
             "privilege",
         ]
 
@@ -225,7 +230,7 @@ def ensure_absent_state(module, name, action, res_find):
                                  {"privilege": del_list}])
 
         member_args = {}
-        for key in ['user', 'group', 'hostgroup']:
+        for key in ['user', 'group', 'hostgroup', 'sysaccount']:
             _members = module.params_get_lowercase(key)
             if _members:
                 del_list = gen_intersection_list(
@@ -335,7 +340,7 @@ def ensure_role_with_members_is_present(module, name, res_find, action):
     add_members = {}
     del_members = {}
 
-    for key in ["user", "group", "hostgroup"]:
+    for key in ["user", "group", "hostgroup", "sysaccount"]:
         _members = module.params_get_lowercase(key)
         if _members is not None:
             add_list, del_list = gen_add_del_lists(
@@ -437,6 +442,8 @@ def create_module():
                            default=None),
             service=dict(required=False, type='list', elements="str",
                          default=None),
+            sysaccount=dict(required=False, type='list', elements="str",
+                            default=None),
 
             # state
             action=dict(type="str", default="role",
@@ -467,8 +474,15 @@ def main():
         state = ansible_module.params_get("state")
         action = ansible_module.params_get("action")
         names = ansible_module.params_get("name")
+        sysaccount = ansible_module.params_get("sysaccount")
         commands = []
 
+        has_sysaccount_member = ansible_module.ipa_command_param_exists(
+            "role_add_member", "sysaccount")
+        if not has_sysaccount_member and sysaccount is not None:
+            ansible_module.fail_json(
+                msg="sysaccount members are not supported by your IPA version")
+
         for name in names:
             cmds = role_commands_for_name(ansible_module, state, action, name)
             commands.extend(cmds)
diff --git a/tests/role/test_role_sysaccount_member.yml b/tests/role/test_role_sysaccount_member.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b415cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/role/test_role_sysaccount_member.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+---
+- name: Test sysaccount
+  hosts: "{{ ipa_test_host | default('ipaserver') }}"
+  # It is normally not needed to set "become" to "true" for a module test.
+  # Only set it to true if it is needed to execute commands as root.
+  become: false
+  # Enable "gather_facts" only if "ansible_facts" variable needs to be used.
+  gather_facts: false
+  module_defaults:
+    ipaprivilege:
+      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
+      ipaapi_context: "{{ ipa_context | default(omit) }}"
+    iparole:
+      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
+      ipaapi_context: "{{ ipa_context | default(omit) }}"
+    ipasysaccount:
+      ipaadmin_password: SomeADMINpassword
+      ipaapi_context: "{{ ipa_context | default(omit) }}"
+
+  tasks:
+
+  - name: Verify if role sysaccount member tests are possible
+    ansible.builtin.shell:
+      cmd: |
+        echo SomeADMINpassword | kinit -c {{ krb5ccname }} admin > /dev/null
+        RESULT=$(KRB5CCNAME={{ krb5ccname }} ipa role-add-member --help)
+        kdestroy -A -c {{ krb5ccname }} > /dev/null
+        echo $RESULT
+    vars:
+      krb5ccname: "__check_ipa_role_add_member__"
+    register: check_role_add_member
+
+  - name: Execute tests
+    when: '"sysaccounts" in check_role_add_member.stdout'
+    block:
+
+    # CLEANUP TEST ITEMS
+
+    - name: Ensure sysaccount my-app is absent
+      ipasysaccount:
+        name: my-app
+        state: absent
+
+    - name: Ensure role "my-app role" is absent
+      iparole:
+        name: my-app role
+        state: absent
+
+    - name: Ensure privilege "my-app password change privilege" is absent
+      ipaprivilege:
+        name: my-app password change privilege
+        state: absent
+
+    # CREATE TEST ITEMS
+
+    - name: Ensure privilege "my-app password change privilege" is present
+      ipaprivilege:
+        name: my-app password change privilege
+        permission:
+        - "System: Change User password"
+      register: result
+      failed_when: not result.changed or result.failed
+
+    # TESTS
+
+    - name: Ensure sysaccount my-app is present with random password
+      ipasysaccount:
+        name: my-app
+        random: true
+      register: result
+      failed_when: not result.changed or result.failed
+
+    - name: Ensure role "my-app role" is present with sysaccount member my-app
+      iparole:
+        name: my-app role
+        sysaccount: my-app
+        privilege: my-app password change privilege
+      register: result
+      failed_when: not result.changed or result.failed
+
+    - name: Ensure role "my-app role" is present with sysaccount member my-app, again
+      iparole:
+        name: my-app role
+        sysaccount: my-app
+        privilege: my-app password change privilege
+      register: result
+      failed_when: result.changed or result.failed
+
+    - name: Ensure role my-app role does not have sysaccount member my-app
+      iparole:
+        name: my-app role
+        sysaccount: my-app
+        action: member
+        state: absent
+      register: result
+      failed_when: not result.changed or result.failed
+
+    - name: Ensure role my-app role does not have sysaccount member my-app, again
+      iparole:
+        name: my-app role
+        sysaccount: my-app
+        action: member
+        state: absent
+      register: result
+      failed_when: result.changed or result.failed
+
+    - name: Ensure role my-app role has sysaccount member my-app
+      iparole:
+        name: my-app role
+        sysaccount: my-app
+        action: member
+      register: result
+      failed_when: not result.changed or result.failed
+
+    - name: Ensure role my-app role has sysaccount member my-app, again
+      iparole:
+        name: my-app role
+        sysaccount: my-app
+        action: member
+      register: result
+      failed_when: result.changed or result.failed
+
+    - name: Ensure role my-app role has zero sysaccount members
+      iparole:
+        name: my-app role
+        sysaccount: []
+      register: result
+      failed_when: not result.changed or result.failed
+
+    - name: Ensure role my-app role has zero sysaccount members, again
+      iparole:
+        name: my-app role
+        sysaccount: []
+      register: result
+      failed_when: result.changed or result.failed
+
+    - name: Ensure role my-app role does not have sysaccount member my-app, again
+      iparole:
+        name: my-app role
+        sysaccount: my-app
+        action: member
+        state: absent
+      register: result
+      failed_when: result.changed or result.failed
+
+    # CLEANUP TEST ITEMS
+
+    - name: Ensure sysaccount my-app is absent
+      ipasysaccount:
+        name: my-app
+        state: absent
+
+    - name: Ensure role my-app role is absent
+      iparole:
+        name: my-app role
+        state: absent
+
+    - name: Ensure privilege "my-app password change privilege" is absent
+      ipaprivilege:
+        name: my-app password change privilege
+        state: absent