diff --git a/roles/yubikey/tasks/main.yml b/roles/yubikey/tasks/main.yml
index 91f98ec0c4..16cf4b6207 100644
--- a/roles/yubikey/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/yubikey/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
   - { file: ykksm-config.php, dest: /etc/ykksm/ykksm-config.php }
   - { file: ykval-config.php, dest: /etc/ykval/ykval-config.php }
 
+- name: symlink /etc/ykval/ykval-config.php to /usr/share/ykval/ykval-config.php
+  action: file src=/etc/ykval/ykval-config.php
+          dest=/usr/share/ykval/ykval-config.php
+          state=link
+
 - name: install the apache configuration files
   copy: src={{ item.file }}
         dest={{ item.dest}}