diff --git a/roles/ci_resultsdb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ci_resultsdb/tasks/main.yml
index 06bceee044..567d983c72 100644
--- a/roles/ci_resultsdb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ci_resultsdb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
     - libsemanage-python
     - rdbsync
 
+- name: Create /etc/pki/fedmsg/
+  file: name=/etc/pki/fedmsg
+        state=directory
+        recurse=yes
+        owner=root group=root
+  tags:
+  - config
+
 - name: install fedmsg ca.cert
   copy: >
     src="{{ private }}/files/fedmsg-certs/keys/ca.crt"