diff --git a/playbooks/groups/os-cluster.yml b/playbooks/groups/os-cluster.yml
index 396cc17750..c4e4615558 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/os-cluster.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/os-cluster.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@
 
   tasks:
 
+    - name: make sure the directory for the link is there. 
+      file: path=/etc/origin/master state=directory mode=0755
+
     - name: setup link to known ca list for id.fedoraproject.org
       file: state=link src=/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem dest=/etc/origin/master/fedoraidp_openid_ca.crt