diff --git a/roles/common/molecule/default/prepare.yml b/roles/common/molecule/default/prepare.yml
index 26e612e2d4cde04e31db5765783029c4310c79f7..6523320949d40cd847e72bab81c741529787028f 100644
--- a/roles/common/molecule/default/prepare.yml
+++ b/roles/common/molecule/default/prepare.yml
@@ -129,6 +129,30 @@
         - security
         - raw
 
+    - name: Create deprecated directory for storing requirements files created using Python 3 (pip requirements upgrade checks)
+      file:
+        path: "/etc/pip_check_requirements_upgrades-py3"
+        state: directory
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: 0750
+
+    - name: Create deprecated directory for Python 3 virtual environment (pip requirements upgrade checks)
+      file:
+        path: "/var/lib/pipreqcheck/virtualenv-py3/"
+        state: directory
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: 0750
+
+    - name: Create deprecated cronjob file for Python 3 (pip requirements upgrade checks)
+      file:
+        path: "/etc/cron.d/check_pip_requirements-py3"
+        state: touch
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: 0644
+
 - hosts: parameters-mandatory,parameters-optional
   become: true
   tasks: