diff --git a/roles/dns/application/templates/nsupdate.makefile b/roles/dns/application/templates/nsupdate.makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf00b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/dns/application/templates/nsupdate.makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#targets := $(addsuffix ~DONE,$(wildcard *~update))
+#
+#.PHONY: all
+#all: $(targets)
+
+%~update~DONE: %~update
+	nsupdate -l "$<"
+	touch "$@"