diff --git a/tasks/oozie.yml b/tasks/oozie.yml
index 08ef0b9..3981946 100644
--- a/tasks/oozie.yml
+++ b/tasks/oozie.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
   - name: Get the Oozie external libraries needet to activate the web console
     get_url: url={{ cdh_oozie_ext_libs_url }} dest=/srv/
 
+  - name: Create the oozie destination directory if does not exist
+    file: dest=/var/lib/oozie state=directory
+
   - name: Unarchive the Oozie ext libraries needed to activate the web console
-    unarchive: remote_src=yes src=/srv/ext-2.2.zip dest=/var/lib/oozie owner=oozie group=oozie
+    unarchive: remote_src=yes src=/srv/ext-2.2.zip dest=/var/lib/oozie
     args:
       creates: /var/lib/oozie/ext2.2