diff --git a/roles/fas_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fas_server/tasks/main.yml
index 4ef6d86574..394c4459ea 100644
--- a/roles/fas_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fas_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -247,8 +247,14 @@
     hour="0"
     day="1,15"
   when: master_fas_node == True
-  tags:    
-  - config  
+  tags:
+  - config
+
+- name: touch /var/lib/fedora-ca/crl/crl.pem and /var/lib/fedora-ca/cacert.pem
+  command: touch /var/lib/fedora-ca/cacert.pem /var/lib/fedora-ca/cacert.pem
+  when: master_fas_node == True
+  tags:
+  - config
 
 - name: create /srv/web/ca/crl.pem link
   file: path="/srv/web/ca/crl.pem" state=link src="/var/lib/fedora-ca/crl/crl.pem"