diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
index 092bd86713..756d23583f 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   - mod_auth_openid
 
 - name: Copy /etc/nagios config
-  copy: src={{srcdir}}/ dest=/etc/nagios owner=nagios group=nagios
+  synchronize: archive=yes src={{srcdir}}/ dest=/etc/nagios owner=nagios group=nagios
   tags:
   - nagios-config
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   file: dest=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/eventhandlers/ state=directory
 
 - name: Copy plugins
-  copy: src=plugins/ dest=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/ mode=0755 owner=root group=root
+  syncronize: archive=yes src=plugins/ dest=/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/ mode=0755 owner=root group=root
 
 # TODO: rhel7
 #- name: Copy xmpp plugin config