diff --git a/tasks/keyserver.yml b/tasks/keyserver.yml
index 4b7cbb1e7d..29d1e49965 100644
--- a/tasks/keyserver.yml
+++ b/tasks/keyserver.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
   tags:
   - packages
 
+- name: /srv/sks
+  file: >
+    path=/srv/sks
+    state=directory
+    owner=sks group=sks mode=0755
+
 - name: /srv/sks/membership
   copy: src=$files/keyserver/membership dest=/srv/sks/membership mode=0644
   tags:
@@ -14,6 +20,12 @@
   tags:
   - config
 
+- name: /srv/sks/web
+  file: >
+    path=/srv/sks/web
+    state=directory
+    owner=sks group=sks mode=0755
+
 - name: /srv/sks/web/index.html
   copy: src=$files/keyserver/index.html dest=/srv/sks/web/index.html mode=0644
   tags: