diff --git a/roles/fedora-web/main/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedora-web/main/tasks/main.yml
index 637402d540..1dae9dd53a 100644
--- a/roles/fedora-web/main/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedora-web/main/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
   - fedora-web
   - fedora-web/main
 
+- name: Make directory for the config files for {{website}} we are about to copy
+  file: path=/etc/httpd/conf.d/{{website}} state=directory owner=root group=root mode=0755
+  tags:
+  - fedora-web
+  - fedora-web/main
+  - fedora-web/hotspot
+  - fedora-web/google-site-verification
+
 - name: Copy some config files for {{website}}
   copy: >
     src={{item}} dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/{{website}}/{{item}}