diff --git a/roles/koji_reminder/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_reminder/tasks/main.yml
index a64c016229..e1e1a5453f 100644
--- a/roles/koji_reminder/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_reminder/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
   - python-requests
   - fedmsg
 
+- name: Ensure we can write to our own log file
+  file: >
+    dest=/var/log/koji-cert-reminder.log
+    state=present
+    mode=0644
+    owner=fedmsg
+    group=fedmsg
+
 - name: Copy the scripts over
   copy: >
     src=koji-cert-reminder.py