diff --git a/tasks/rdiff_backup_server.yml b/tasks/rdiff_backup_server.yml
index e7bc8b89ba..d42483fb33 100644
--- a/tasks/rdiff_backup_server.yml
+++ b/tasks/rdiff_backup_server.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
   - config
 
 - name: setup rdiff backup cron
-  cron: cron_file=$files/rdiff-backup/run-rdiff-backups.cron name=run-rdiff-backups user=root
+  copy: src=$files/rdiff-backup/run-rdiff-backups.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/run-rdiff-backups
   tags:
   - config