diff --git a/roles/postgresql_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/postgresql_server/tasks/main.yml
index c899358ad2..ec3d2d7681 100644
--- a/roles/postgresql_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/postgresql_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 - name: Initialize postgres if necessary
   command: /usr/bin/postgresql-setup initdb
-           creates=/var/lib/pgsql/data
+           creates=/var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf
   notify:
   - restart postgresql
   tags: