diff --git a/roles/taiga/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taiga/tasks/main.yml
index 5370e88557..1bae63cfbf 100644
--- a/roles/taiga/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taiga/tasks/main.yml
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@
   notify: restart taiga-back
   tags: taiga
 
+- file: dest=/home/taiga/taiga-back/locale state=directory
+  tags: taiga
+
 ## TODO -- make these idempotent with creates=...
 - command: sudo -u taiga python3 manage.py migrate --noinput
            chdir=/home/taiga/taiga-back