diff --git a/ansible/roles/datagrepper/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/datagrepper/tasks/main.yml
index e134970..14ecd81 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/datagrepper/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/datagrepper/tasks/main.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@
   - config
   - datagrepper
 
+- name: Create /usr/share/fedmsg since apparently fedmsg doesn't do it anymore
+  file: state=directory
+         path=/usr/share/fedmsg
+         owner=fedmsg group=fedmsg mode=0775
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - datagrepper
+
 # This file is in the package, empty, and we need to make sure we don't get that one.
 - name: empty out default config file
   copy: