diff --git a/roles/fas_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fas_server/tasks/main.yml
index 25e714be36..7ce6ca480c 100644
--- a/roles/fas_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fas_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@
   tags:
   - config
 
+- name: create directory /var/lib/fedora-ca/crl/
+  file: path={{ item }} state=directory
+  with_items:
+  - /var/lib/fedora-ca/crl/
+
 - name: touch /var/lib/fedora-ca/crl/crl.pem and /var/lib/fedora-ca/cacert.pem
   command: touch /var/lib/fedora-ca/cacert.pem /var/lib/fedora-ca/crl/crl.pem
   when: master_fas_node == True