diff --git a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 49571edaae..bc9f4fa79d 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@
   tags:
   - pagure
 
+- name: create the /var/log/pagure folder where to store the logs
+  file: state=directory
+               path=/var/log/pagure
+               owner=git group=git mode=0755
+  tags:
+  - pagure
+
 # This now fails when there are broken symlinks. Lets figure out a better way to do this - kevin
 #- name: Adjust owner of /srv/git
 #  file: name=/srv/git state=directory recurse=yes owner=git group=git