diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index b2836d6f..87fa52c9 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ galera_monitoring_max_connections: 10
 #
 #galera_monitoring_allowed_source: "0.0.0.0/0"
 
+# Additional users to add or remove
+galera_additional_users: []
+#  - name: "my_username"
+#    host: '%'
+#    password: "my_password"
+#    priv: "*.*:USAGE"
+#    state: present
+
 # Enable or disable the installation of galera development packages
 galera_install_devel: false
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/additional-users-6158ff502c2289ee.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/additional-users-6158ff502c2289ee.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53296ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/additional-users-6158ff502c2289ee.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Additional user-specified username and password pairs can now be set up
+    during the Galera installation process by defining them in the
+    'galera_additional_users' list.
diff --git a/tasks/galera_server_setup.yml b/tasks/galera_server_setup.yml
index b7a374f1..491e8859 100644
--- a/tasks/galera_server_setup.yml
+++ b/tasks/galera_server_setup.yml
@@ -38,29 +38,10 @@
     password: "{{ item.password }}"
     priv: "{{ item.priv }}"
     state: "{{ item.state }}"
+    resource_limits: "{{ item.resource_limits | default(omit) }}"
     login_unix_socket: "{{ galera_unix_socket }}"
     check_hostname: false
-  with_items:
-    - name: "{{ galera_root_user }}"
-      host: "%"
-      password: "{{ galera_root_password }}"
-      priv: "*.*:ALL,GRANT"
-      state: present
-    - name: "{{ galera_root_user }}"
-      host: "localhost"
-      password: "{{ galera_root_password }}"
-      priv: "*.*:ALL,GRANT"
-      state: present
-    - name: "{{ galera_monitoring_user }}"
-      host: '%'
-      password: "{{ galera_monitoring_user_password }}"
-      priv: "*.*:USAGE"
-      state: present
-    - name: "{{ galera_monitoring_user }}"
-      host: 'localhost'
-      password: "{{ galera_monitoring_user_password }}"
-      priv: "*.*:USAGE"
-      state: present
+  with_items: "{{ galera_setup_users }}"
   register: galera_users
   until: galera_users is success
   retries: 3
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 2a5a5cd8..2b87371f 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,27 @@ galera_init_defaults:
     TimeoutStartSec: "{{ galera_startup_timeout }}"
     PrivateDevices: "{{ galera_disable_privatedevices | bool | ternary('false', 'true') }}"
     OOMScoreAdjust: "-1000"
+
+_galera_base_users:
+  - name: "{{ galera_root_user }}"
+    host: "%"
+    password: "{{ galera_root_password }}"
+    priv: "*.*:ALL,GRANT"
+    state: present
+  - name: "{{ galera_root_user }}"
+    host: "localhost"
+    password: "{{ galera_root_password }}"
+    priv: "*.*:ALL,GRANT"
+    state: present
+  - name: "{{ galera_monitoring_user }}"
+    host: '%'
+    password: "{{ galera_monitoring_user_password }}"
+    priv: "*.*:USAGE"
+    state: present
+  - name: "{{ galera_monitoring_user }}"
+    host: 'localhost'
+    password: "{{ galera_monitoring_user_password }}"
+    priv: "*.*:USAGE"
+    state: present
+
+galera_setup_users: "{{ _galera_base_users + galera_additional_users }}"