diff --git a/ansible/roles/drone/tasks/drone.yml b/ansible/roles/drone/tasks/drone.yml
index 6c2eeb2..7eec3f8 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/drone/tasks/drone.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/drone/tasks/drone.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
     cmd: openssl rand -hex 16
   register: drone_rpc_secret
   changed_when: false
+- name: Create drone config directory
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    state: directory
+    path: /etc/drone
+    mode: "755"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
 - name: Copy docker compose file for drone
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: etc/drone/docker-compose.yml.j2