diff --git a/roles/mbs/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mbs/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index e40654e4a9..1d24257955 100644
--- a/roles/mbs/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mbs/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
   - mbs
   - mbs/frontend
 
+- file: path=/usr/share/mbs/ state=directory
+  tags:
+  - mbs
+  - mbs/frontend
+
 - name: copy custom wsgi file
   copy: src=mbs.wsgi dest=/usr/share/mbs/mbs.wsgi mode=0644
   notify: