diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 27fc3ec925..679412a5f8 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 ---
 # tasklist for setting up the mirrorlist app as a container on proxies
+
+- name: setup directories
+  file: dest="{{item}}" mode=0755 state=directory
+  with_items:
+  - /srv/mirrorlist
+  - /srv/mirrorlist/data
+  - /var/log/mirrormanager1
+  - /var/log/mirrormanager2
+  tags:
+
 - name: Install docker
   package: name={{item}} state=present
   with_items: