diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster/tasks/main.yml
index 0ee8d733e4..99bc919384 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster/tasks/main.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     - reload httpd
 
 - name: create artifacts directory
-  file: path={{ item }} state=directory owner=buildmaster group=buildmaster mode=0775 setype=httpd_sys_content_t
+  file: path={{ item }} state=directory owner=buildmaster group=buildmaster mode=0775 setype=httpd_sys_content_t recurse=yes
   when: deployment_type == 'prod' or deployment_type == 'stg' or deployment_type == 'dev' or deployment_type == 'local'
   with_items:
   - /srv/taskotron