diff --git a/roles/mail_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mail_server/tasks/main.yml
index ef143af7f26462903d33f826731c1353fbb899a4..c853b940e3ccb0e799a7320cf4a2e1096d57930a 100644
--- a/roles/mail_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mail_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
   notify:
     - Purge Exim configuration
 
+- name: Allow Postfix user to traverse the directory with TLS private keys
+  user: name=postfix append=yes groups=ssl-cert
+
+- name: Allow Dovecot user to traverse the directory with TLS private keys
+  user: name=dovecot append=yes groups=ssl-cert
+
 - name: Deploy SMTP TLS private key
   copy: dest="/etc/ssl/private/{{ smtp_tls_key | basename }}" src="{{ smtp_tls_key }}"
         mode=640 owner=root group=root