diff --git a/playbooks/groups/retrace.yml b/playbooks/groups/retrace.yml
index 7934f43498..59037794fc 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/retrace.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/retrace.yml
@@ -50,5 +50,6 @@
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
 
   roles:
+  - abrt/retrace-local-pre
   - { role: abrt/retrace, rs_require_gpg_check: false, rs_max_parallel_tasks: 12, rs_max_packed_size: 1024, rs_max_unpacked_size: 1280, rs_min_storage_left: 1280, rs_delete_task_after: 8, rs_delete_failed_task_after: 1, rs_repo_dir: /srv/retrace/repos, rs_save_dir: /srv/retrace/tasks, rs_faf_link_dir: /srv/retrace/hardlink-local, hostname: retrace.fedoraproject.org }
   - abrt/retrace-local
diff --git a/roles/abrt/retrace-local-pre/tasks/main.yml b/roles/abrt/retrace-local-pre/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b02502d57b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/abrt/retrace-local-pre/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+- file:
+    path: /srv/retrace/repos
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0755
+    owner: retrace
+    group: retrace
+
+- file:
+    path: /srv/retrace/tasks
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0755
+    owner: retrace
+    group: retrace
+
+- file:
+    path: /srv/retrace/hardlink-local
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0755
+    owner: retrace
+    group: retrace