diff --git a/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/tasks/main.yml b/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/tasks/main.yml
index 85701ac936..5e23ed024c 100644
--- a/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/geoip-city-wsgi/app/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@
   - geoip-city-wsgi
   - geoip-city-wsgi/app
 
+- name: install GeoIP-data
+  yum: name=GeoIP-data state=present
+  tags:
+  - packages
+  - geoip-city-wsgi
+  - geoip-city-wsgi/app
+
+- name: link the data file to the one we use
+  file: state=link src=/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIPCity.dat dest=/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLiteCity.dat
+
 - name: install geoip-city-wsgi.conf file
   copy: >
         src="geoip-city-wsgi.conf"