diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index 4f74c480da..fa465399bf 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@
 
 - name: create the Lookaside Cache root directory
   file: dest=/srv/cache/lookaside/pkgs state=directory
+        owner=apache group=apache
 
 - name: install the fedora-ca.cert
   copy: src={{private}}/files/fedora-ca.cert dest=/etc/httpd/conf/cacert.pem