diff --git a/roles/xmpp_server/defaults/main.yml b/roles/xmpp_server/defaults/main.yml
index 6a07ccf59e989cb1304dfd40eff54d9255fb4b28..034ccdfc2f2262f66323d6ac4ab6474799cbdc00 100644
--- a/roles/xmpp_server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/xmpp_server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 enable_backup: False
 xmpp_domains: "{{ ansible_domain }}"
-xmpp_tls_certificate: "{{ tls_certificate_dir }}/{{ ansible_fqdn }}_xmpp.pem"
-xmpp_tls_key: "{{ tls_private_key_dir }}/{{ ansible_fqdn }}_xmpp.key"
+xmpp_tls_certificate: "{{ lookup('file', tls_certificate_dir + '/' + fqdn + '_xmpp.pem') }}"
+xmpp_tls_key: "{{ lookup('file', tls_private_key_dir + '/' + fqdn + '_xmpp.key') }}"