diff --git a/tasks/haproxy-docker-service.yml b/tasks/haproxy-docker-service.yml
index 4544bf1..ebf435c 100644
--- a/tasks/haproxy-docker-service.yml
+++ b/tasks/haproxy-docker-service.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ---
 - name: Manage the composition of haproxy as a docker swarm service
   block:
+  - name: Create the destination directory of the haproxy docker compose file
+    file: dest={{ haproxy_docker_compose_dir }} state=directory
+
   - name: Install the docker compose file
     template: src=haproxy-docker-compose.yml.j2 dest={{ haproxy_docker_compose_dir }}/docker-compose.yml