diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
index 8cdf0b3948..a1b203e0f3 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -121,6 +121,15 @@
   - /srv/git/repositories/
   - /srv/git/repositories/forks
   - /srv/git/repositories/requests
+  tags:
+  - gitolite
+  - pagure
+
+- name: create the remotes folder so pagure can clone remote repos
+  file: state=directory
+               path={{ item }}
+               owner=root group=packager mode=2775
+  with_items:
   - /srv/git/remotes
   tags:
   - gitolite