diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
index 71c7d31ed9..5b96a07b6e 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -357,6 +357,13 @@
   - pagure
   - fedora-messaging
 
+- name: create the config folder for fedora-messaging
+  when: env == 'staging'
+  file: path=/etc/fedora-messaging/ owner=root group=root mode=0755 state=directory
+  tags:
+  - pagure
+  - fedora-messaging
+
 - name: install the configuration file for fedora-messaging
   template:
       src=fedora-messaging.toml