diff --git a/apache/tasks/apache-basic-auth.yml b/apache/tasks/apache-basic-auth.yml
index fbabdad5..30f1176c 100644
--- a/apache/tasks/apache-basic-auth.yml
+++ b/apache/tasks/apache-basic-auth.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   tags:
     - apache
     - apache_basic_auth
+  ignore_errors: True
 
 - name: Create the basic auth file
   htpasswd: path={{ item.auth_file }} name={{ item.username }} password={{ item.password }} create=yes state={{ item.state }}
@@ -33,4 +34,5 @@
   tags:
     - apache
     - apache_basic_auth
+  ignore_errors: True