diff --git a/roles/github2fedmsg/tasks/main.yml b/roles/github2fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
index e43211e10b..9e6e52085f 100644
--- a/roles/github2fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/github2fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@
   tags:
   - packages
 
-- name: make /etc/github2fedmsg
-  file: dest=/etc/github2fedmsg mode=0755 state=directory
+- name: make some directories
+  file: dest="{{item}}" mode=0755 state=directory
+  with_items:
+  - /etc/github2fedmsg
+  - /usr/share/github2fedmsg
 
 - name: copy github2fedmsg app configuration
   template: >