diff --git a/roles/pagure/upstreamfirst-frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pagure/upstreamfirst-frontend/tasks/main.yml
index df0f438bc9..a6ce456144 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/upstreamfirst-frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pagure/upstreamfirst-frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -208,6 +208,18 @@
   notify:
   - restart apache
 
+- name: create pagure database
+  delegate_to: "{{ new_pagure_db_host }}"
+  become: true
+  become_user: postgres
+  postgresql_db: db={{ new_pagure_db_name }}
+
+- name: ensure pagure db user has access to database
+  delegate_to: "{{ new_pagure_db_host }}"
+  become: true
+  become_user: postgres
+  postgresql_user: db={{ new_pagure_db_name }} user={{ new_pagure_db_user }} password={{ new_pagure_db_password }} role_attr_flags=NOSUPERUSER
+
 - name: create the database scheme
   command: /usr/bin/python2 /usr/share/pagure/pagure_createdb.py
   changed_when: "1 != 1"