diff --git a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
index 3d1151d3f5..81fd7106a7 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
@@ -400,6 +400,11 @@
         dest="{{ mailman_webui_basedir }}/templates/django_mailman3/login_extra_top.html"
   tags: mailman
 
+- name: Create dirs for signup_closed page
+  file: path="{{ mailman_webui_basedir }}/templates/account"
+        state=directory owner=root group=root mode=0755
+  tags: mailman
+
 - name: install our fedora-specific signup_closed page
   copy: src=signup_closed.html
         dest="{{ mailman_webui_basedir }}/templates/account/signup_closed.html"