diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
index a80e610d63..ab66837264 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #  service: name=nsca state=restarted enabled=yes
 
 - name: Copy /etc/nagios config
-  copy: src=nagios dest=/etc/nagios owner=nagios group=nagios
+  copy: src=nagios/ dest=/etc/nagios owner=nagios group=nagios
 
 - name: Copy checkcommands.cfg
   template: src=nagios/checkcommands.cfg dest=/etc/nagios/checkcommands.cfg owner=nagios group=nagios