diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index 0cef8b11be..b8b8007252 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@
     action: copy src=$item dest=/srv/copr-work/provision/files/
     with_fileglob: $files/copr/provision/files/*
 
+  # ansible lacks a recurse - so we need this until then
+  - name: put files into the files/mock subdir off of provisioning
+    action: copy src=$item dest=/srv/copr-work/provision/files/mock
+    with_fileglob: $files/copr/provision/files/mock/*
+