diff --git a/roles/httpd_mod_perl/tasks/main.yml b/roles/httpd_mod_perl/tasks/main.yml
index 9069f24..fe55c0a 100644
--- a/roles/httpd_mod_perl/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/httpd_mod_perl/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,9 @@
 - name: Install mod_perl
   yum: name=mod_perl
 
+  # Can be installed before httpd, so create the dir
+- name: Ensure /etc/httpd/ansible_conf.modules.d exists
+  file: path=/etc/httpd/ansible_conf.modules.d state=directory
+
 - name: Load mod_perl module
   copy: src=03-perl.conf dest=/etc/httpd/ansible_conf.modules.d/03-perl.conf