diff --git a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml
index 6833435d27..b5cdcbe7eb 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@
   template: src=resultsdb.conf.j2 dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/resultsdb.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
   notify:
     - restart httpd
+
+- name: initialize resultsdb database
+  command: resultsdb init_db && touch /etc/resultsdb/db-is-init creates=/etc/resultsdb-is-init