diff --git a/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml
index 51b5bd0a27d40127fe3d0c52a729765930961240..205626a41d2efe967f44690cab50286da2a8f00d 100644
--- a/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
     home: "/var/www/{{ fqdn }}"
 
 - name: Create PHP website group
-  group: name="{{ user }}" gid="{{ uid }}" state=present
+  group: name="{{ user }}" gid="{{ uid | default(omit) }}" state=present
 
 - name: Create home directory for the user (avoid populating with skeleton)
   file: path="{{ home }}" state=directory
         owner="{{ admin }}" group="{{ user }}" mode=2750
 
 - name: Create PHP website user
-  user: name="{{ user }}" uid="{{ uid }}" group="{{ user }}"
+  user: name="{{ user }}" uid="{{ uid | default(omit) }}" group="{{ user }}"
         system=yes createhome=no state=present
 
 - name: Add nginx user to website group