diff --git a/playbooks/include/proxies-fedorahosted.yml b/playbooks/include/proxies-fedorahosted.yml
index c99c0d841e..83cd90ea75 100644
--- a/playbooks/include/proxies-fedorahosted.yml
+++ b/playbooks/include/proxies-fedorahosted.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
   - import_tasks: "{{ handlers_path }}/restart_services.yml"
 
   tasks:
+  - name: Ensure directory exists
+    file:
+      path: /etc/httpd/conf.d/fedorahosted.org
+      state: directory
+      mode: '0755'
+
   - name: install special fedorahosted-redirects.conf with fedorahosted redirects
     copy: src={{ files }}/httpd/fedorahosted-redirects.conf dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/fedorahosted.org/fedorahosted-redirects.conf