diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/base/tasks/main.yml
index f5dd400dd7..e6ac669b93 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 # tasklist for setting up bodhi
 # This is the base set of files needed for bodhi
 
+- name: Create the bodhi configuration directory
+  file:
+    path: /etc/bodhi
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+
 - name: Configure alembic
   template:
     src: alembic.ini