diff --git a/roles/jenkins/master/tasks/main.yml b/roles/jenkins/master/tasks/main.yml
index e33bbf34d6..953ab7d7df 100644
--- a/roles/jenkins/master/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/jenkins/master/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
   - jenkins/master
   - packages
 
+- name: mount jenkins persistent storage
+  action: mount name=/var/lib/jenkins src='LABEL=jenkins' fstype=ext4 state=mounted
+  tags:
+  - jenkins
+  - jenkins/master
+
 - name: install jenkins launcher config file
   copy: >
     src="jenkins.conf"