diff --git a/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/tasks/main.yml
index 713d0106c3..6f4b590802 100644
--- a/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/tasks/main.yml
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@
     chdir: /usr/share/copr/coprs_frontend/
   when: update_indexes_required_result.rc != 0
 
+- name: make sure /etc/fedora-messaging directory exists
+  file: path=/etc/fedora-messaging state=directory
+
 - name: install fedora messaging config for Copr
   template: src="fedora-messaging/copr_messaging.toml" dest="/etc/fedora-messaging/copr_messaging.toml"
   tags: