diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/files/mirrormanager.conf b/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/files/mirrormanager.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4c92580cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/files/mirrormanager.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Alias /mirrormanager/crawler /var/log/mirrormanager/crawler
+
+<Directory /var/log/mirrormanager/crawler>
+    <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
+        # Apache 2.4
+        Require all granted
+    </IfModule>
+    <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
+        # Apache 2.2
+        Order deny,allow
+        Allow from all
+    </IfModule>
+</Directory>
diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/tasks/main.yml
index eb2672d6cb..eedbca8c44 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/crawler/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - name: install needed packages
   yum: pkg={{ item }} state=present
   with_items:
+  - httpd
   - mirrormanager2-crawler
   - python-psycopg2
   - fedmsg
@@ -30,3 +31,12 @@
   copy: src=crawler.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/mm2_crawler.cron
   tags:
   - config
+
+- name: install configuration file
+  template: src={{ roles }}/mirrormanager/crawler/files/mirrormanager.conf
+            dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/mirrormanager.conf
+            owner=apache group=apache mode=0600
+  notify:
+  - restart httpd
+  tags:
+  - config