diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 6a87356..dc6a538 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@
     dest: "/etc/bash.bashrc"
 
 # motd
-- name: ensure update-motd and w scripts are present
+- name: ensure update-motd and profile.d scripts are present
   template:
     src: "{{ item.src }}"
     dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@
   with_items:
     - { src: "usr/local/sbin/update-motd.sh.j2", dest: "/usr/local/sbin/update-motd.sh" }
     - { src: "etc/profile.d/w.sh.j2", dest: "/etc/profile.d/w.sh" }
+    - { src: "etc/profile.d/pvc.sh.j2", dest: "/etc/profile.d/zzz_pvc.sh" }
   tags: motd
 
 - name: install update-motd crontab
diff --git a/roles/base/templates/etc/profile.d/pvc.sh.j2 b/roles/base/templates/etc/profile.d/pvc.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e128de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/base/templates/etc/profile.d/pvc.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Message of the day script to print PVC cluster status
+# {{ ansible_managed }}
+
+echo
+pvc -q status -f short