diff --git a/tasks/apache.yml b/tasks/apache.yml
index 9f266f63cb..62d08c3879 100644
--- a/tasks/apache.yml
+++ b/tasks/apache.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 - name: set apache running/enabled
   service: name=httpd enabled=yes
+  ignore_errors: true
   notify:
   - restart apache
   tags: