diff --git a/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml
index f912374ce5..38dcdc9d3e 100644
--- a/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -68,3 +68,8 @@
   copy: src=fas-client.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/fas-client owner=root mode=644
   tags:
   - config
+
+- name: run fas_client only if we just installed
+  command: fasClient -if creates=/var/db/shadow.db
+  tags:
+  - config