diff --git a/tasks/build/zls.yml b/tasks/build/zls.yml
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+---
+- name: download zls archive
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    zls_path: "zls-{{ pkgconfig_zls.sysmap[ansible_system] }}-{{ pkgconfig_zls.archmap[ansible_architecture] }}-{{ pkgconfig_zls.version }}"
+    zls_pkg: "zls-{{ pkgconfig_zls.sysmap[ansible_system] }}-{{ pkgconfig_zls.archmap[ansible_architecture] }}-{{ pkgconfig_zls.version }}.tar.xz"
+
+- name: check if zls {{ pkgconfig_zls.version }} exists
+  ansible.builtin.stat:
+    path: "{{ pkgconfig_zls.install_path }}/{{ zls_path }}/zls"
+  register: r_zls_stat
+
+- name: update/install zls
+  block:
+    - name: create temp path
+      ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+        state: directory
+        prefix: zls_dl.
+      register: d_zls_dl_tmp
+
+    - name: download zls archive
+      ansible.builtin.get_url:
+        dest: "{{ d_zls_dl_tmp.path }}/{{ zls_pkg }}"
+        url: "{{ pkgconfig_zls.base_url }}/{{ pkgconfig_zls.version }}/{{ zls_pkg }}"
+        decompress: false
+
+    - name: create install_path
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        state: directory
+        path: "{{ pkgconfig_zls.install_path }}/{{ zls_path }}"
+      become: true
+
+    - name: extract zls package
+      ansible.builtin.unarchive:
+        dest: "{{ pkgconfig_zls.install_path }}/{{ zls_path }}"
+        src: "{{ d_zls_dl_tmp.path }}/{{ zls_pkg }}"
+        remote_src: true
+      become: true
+
+    - name: link zls binary
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        state: link
+        src: "{{ pkgconfig_zls.install_path }}/{{ zls_path }}/zls"
+        path: "{{ pkgconfig_zls.install_prefix }}/bin/zls"
+      become: true
+  when: not r_zls_stat.stat.exists
diff --git a/tasks/pkgs/zls.yml b/tasks/pkgs/zls.yml
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+---
+- ansible.builtin.include_vars:
+    file: zls.yml
+    name: _zls
+- ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    pkgconfig_zls: "{{ _zls | ansible.builtin.combine(pkgconfig.zls) }}"
+
+- name: append to pkgs
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    srcpkgs: "{{ srcpkgs + [ 'zls' ] }}"
diff --git a/vars/zls.yml b/vars/zls.yml
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+++ b/vars/zls.yml
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+---
+version: 0.13.0
+install_prefix: /usr/local
+install_path: /opt/zls
+base_url: https://builds.zigtools.org
+sysmap:
+  Darwin: macos
+  Linux: linux
+archmap:
+  aarch64: aarch64
+  arm64: aarch64
+  x86_64: x86_64