diff --git a/roles/koschei/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koschei/tasks/main.yml
index c0f3c72725..a4cb4a79d2 100644
--- a/roles/koschei/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koschei/tasks/main.yml
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@
   tags:
   - koschei
 
+- name: Create libexec/koschei dir
+  file: path=/usr/libexec/koschei state=directory
+  when: env == "production"
+  tags:
+  - koschei
+  - hotfix
+
 - name: Create symlinks to python to get specific executable names
   file: path="/usr/libexec/koschei/koschei-{{ item }}"
         src=/usr/bin/python