diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 024b40ede5..bcdf9b2f99 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -377,3 +377,13 @@
   service: name=httpd enabled=no state=stopped
   tags:
   - bodhi
+
+- name: have apache own /mnt/koji/mash/updates
+  file: path=/mnt/koji/mash/updates state=directory recurse=yes owner=apache group=apache
+  tags:
+  - bodhi
+
+- name: have apache own /mnt/koji/mash/atomic
+  file: path=/mnt/koji/mash/atomic state=directory recurse=yes owner=apache group=apache
+  tags:
+  - bodhi