diff --git a/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml b/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml
index 38f6f86b80..ab32197c20 100644
--- a/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@
   notify:
   - restart fedmsg-hub
 
+- name: Create /usr/share/fedmsg since apparently fedmsg doesn't do it anymore
+  file: state=directory
+         path=/usr/share/fedmsg
+         owner=fedmsg group=fedmsg mode=0775
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - simple-koji-ci
+
 - name: Start and enable the services we want
   service: name={{ item }} enabled=yes state=started
   with_items: