diff --git a/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml b/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml
index 6e3ab121..21bbd96b 100644
--- a/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml
+++ b/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml
@@ -131,6 +131,20 @@
   notify: Restart smartgears
   tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_conf', 'tomcat' ]
 
+- name: Create the data transfer webapp directory
+  become: True
+  become_user: '{{ smartgears_user }}'
+  file: path={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ data_trasfer_service_name }} state=directory
+  when: data_transfer_service_install
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_data_trasfer', 'tomcat' ]
+
+- name: Unarchive the data transfer webapp directory
+  become: True
+  become_user: '{{ smartgears_user }}'
+  unarchive: src={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ data_trasfer_service_name }}.war dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ data_trasfer_service_name }} creates={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ data_trasfer_service_name }}/WEB-INF/gcube-app.xml remote_src=yes
+  when: data_transfer_service_install
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_data_trasfer', 'tomcat' ]
+
 - name: Force a smartgears restart
   service: name='tomcat-instance-{{ smartgears_http_port }}' state=restarted
   when: smartgears_force_restart is defined and smartgears_force_restart