diff --git a/roles/koschei/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koschei/tasks/main.yml
index 76f824852d..5015927986 100644
--- a/roles/koschei/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koschei/tasks/main.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@
   - koschei
   - config
 
+- name: create fedmsg cache directory
+  file: >
+    path="/var/cache/fedmsg/"
+    state=directory
+    owner=koschei
+    group=koschei
+    mode=0755
+  tags:
+  - koschei
+  - fedmsg
+
 - name: enable services to start on boot
   action: service name={{ item }} state=running enabled=true
   with_items: