diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
index d5060f0d39..7bc7499d99 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@
   tags:
   - packages
 
+- name: create /etc/mirrormanager
+  file: path=/etc/mirrormanager state=directory
+
+- name: install MM configuration file
+  template: src={{ roles }}/mirrormanager/frontend/templates/mirrormanager2.cfg
+            dest=/etc/mirrormanager/mirrormanager2.cfg
+            mode=600
+  tags:
+  - config
+
 - name: install the cron job
   copy: src=backend.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/mm2_backend.cron
   tags: