diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index d445324..56b132d 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
     remote_src: yes
     mode: "751"
 
+- name: "Create the restic config dir"
+  file:
+    path: "/etc/restic/"
+    state: directory
+    mode: "0755"
+
 - name: "Copy excludes file"
   copy:
     src: "excludes.txt"