diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 96d58d5..42110f6 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -93,8 +93,7 @@ nextcloud_www_alias: yes
 nextcloud_www_alias_name: "nextcloud"
 
 # List of Nextcloud (custom) Apps which should be copied from nextcloud/apps/ to
-# the instance apps directory. The apps then need to be enabled by also adding
-# them to nextcloud_apps.
+# the instance apps directory and enabled in nextcloud.
 nextcloud_custom_apps: []
 
 # List of Nextcloud Apps to install/enable
diff --git a/tasks/nextcloud/configure.yml b/tasks/nextcloud/configure.yml
index 980429f..f7dd83f 100644
--- a/tasks/nextcloud/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/nextcloud/configure.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@
   with_items:
     - "{{ nextcloud_custom_apps }}"
 
+- name: "Nextcloud configure: enable custom apps"
+  become: true
+  become_user: "{{ nextcloud_http_user }}"
+  nextcloud_app:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    nextcloud_path: "{{ __nextcloud_install_dir }}"
+    state: "enabled"
+  register: __nextcloud_app_installed
+  retries: 3
+  delay: 3
+  until: __nextcloud_app_installed is not failed
+  with_items: "{{ nextcloud_custom_apps }}"
+
 - name: "Nextcloud configure: get global preferences"
   ansible.builtin.command: php occ config:list --private --output=json
   args: