diff --git a/dnet_user_services_perms/tasks/dnet-data-dirs.yml b/dnet_user_services_perms/tasks/dnet-data-dirs.yml
index 57785fb0..4a5cdacc 100644
--- a/dnet_user_services_perms/tasks/dnet-data-dirs.yml
+++ b/dnet_user_services_perms/tasks/dnet-data-dirs.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
   with_items: '{{ dnet_data_directories }}'
   tags: [ 'tomcat', 'dnet', 'users' ]
 
+- name: Recursively set the ACLs to give access and read write permissions on the dnet data directories
+  shell: find {{ item }} -type d -exec setfacl -d -m group:{{ dnet_group }}:rwx,m:rwx {} \; ; find {{ item }} -type d -exec setfacl -m group:{{ dnet_group }}:rwx,m:rwx {} \; ; find {{ item }} -type f -exec setfacl -m group:{{ dnet_group }}:rw,m:rw {} \;
+  with_items: '{{ dnet_data_directories }}'
+  tags: [ 'dnet_acls', 'dnet', 'users' ]
+
 - name: Set the read permissions on the dnet log dirs
   acl: name={{ item }} entity={{ dnet_group }} etype=group permissions=rx state=present
   with_items: '{{ dnet_log_directories }}'