diff --git a/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/tasks/main.yml
index 7e61299477..4921483f29 100644
--- a/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   - config
 
 - name: create node cert directory
-  file: path=/etc/rabbitmq/nodecert/ owner=root group=root mode=0644 state=directory
+  file: path=/etc/rabbitmq/nodecert/ owner=root group=root mode=0755 state=directory
   tags:
   - rabbitmq_cluster
   - config