diff --git a/contrib/ansible/warden-filer-receiver/defaults/main.yml b/contrib/ansible/warden-filer-receiver/defaults/main.yml
index e2bbd78da80a2ed7985d2f341ba0b91b5b4103db..97c552c9c98d36a69d62aca79425eee8580a877e 100644
--- a/contrib/ansible/warden-filer-receiver/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/contrib/ansible/warden-filer-receiver/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 server_admin: "{{ root@inventory_hostname }}"
 warden_filer_bin_path: /opt/warden-filer
+warden_filer_lib_path: /var/lib/warden_filer
+warden_filer_run_path: /run/warden_filer
 warden_client_cert_path: /etc/ssl/certs/warden.cert.pem
 warden_client_key_path: /etc/ssl/private/warden.key.pem
 warden_client_id_store: /var/lib/warden_filer/warden_filer.id
diff --git a/contrib/ansible/warden-filer-receiver/tasks/main.yml b/contrib/ansible/warden-filer-receiver/tasks/main.yml
index 98878859519626c4df550e43e967ce581d7c37f0..2ed9aafaf7c9835a10d8c95be3cd76145734fe4a 100644
--- a/contrib/ansible/warden-filer-receiver/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/contrib/ansible/warden-filer-receiver/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,17 @@
     group: root
     mode: "755"
 
+- name: Create lib and run dir for warden_filer
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ warden_filer_uid }}"
+    group: "{{ warden_filer_gid }}"
+    mode: "755"
+  with_items: 
+    - "{{ warden_filer_lib_path }}"
+    - "{{ warden_filer_run_path }}"
+
 - name: Install Filer binaries
   copy:
     remote_src: true