diff --git a/roles/ldap_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ldap_client/tasks/main.yml
index 50869c03be2ea1c8b36c3dd31dcaaeeb5ade1f0d..598d0788758e03c52750d6a1b134a381b9e8aaed 100644
--- a/roles/ldap_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ldap_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@
     name: ldap-utils
     state: present
 
+- name: Set-up LDAP client configuration directory
+  file:
+    path: /etc/ldap/
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0755
+
 - name: Deploy LDAP client configuration file
   template:
     src: ldap.conf.j2