diff --git a/_DeploymentAndDistroPackaging/ansible/roles/ciao-common/tasks/main.yml b/_DeploymentAndDistroPackaging/ansible/roles/ciao-common/tasks/main.yml
index 11b77cdd8..a73268909 100644
--- a/_DeploymentAndDistroPackaging/ansible/roles/ciao-common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/_DeploymentAndDistroPackaging/ansible/roles/ciao-common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,13 @@
       - /etc/pki/ciao
       - /etc/pki/keystone
 
-  - name: Create /etc/systemd/system if it does not exists
+  - name: Create directories required by root
     file: path=/etc/systemd/system state=directory owner=root group=root
+    with_items:
+      - /etc/systemd
+      - /etc/systemd/system
+      - /usr/local
+      - /usr/local/bin
 
   - include: ceph.yml
     when: not skip_ceph