diff --git a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
index d5bcafd8be..19080a2eb3 100644
--- a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 - name: make sure directories are owned by copr-service user
   shell: chown -R copr-service:copr-service /var/log/copr-dist-git
 
+- name: make sure directories are owned by copr-service user
+  shell: chown copr-service:copr-service /var/lib/copr-dist-git/
+
 - name: make sure directories are owned by copr-service:packager user
   shell: chown -R copr-service:packager /var/lib/dist-git/git