diff --git a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 05a9a2779a..291d5451d7 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@
 
 # Set-up Pagure
 
+- name: create the /var/www/releases folder
+  action: file state=directory
+               path=/var/www/releases
+               owner=git group=git mode=0775
+  tags:
+  - pagure
+  - web
+
 - name: copy sundry pagure configuration
   template: src={{ item.file }}
             dest={{ item.location }}/{{ item.file }}