diff --git a/roles/download/tasks/main.yml b/roles/download/tasks/main.yml
index 232a11086b..d07d9ba77c 100644
--- a/roles/download/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@
 - name: Set httpd_use_nfs seboolean
   action: seboolean name=httpd_use_nfs state=yes persistent=yes
 
+- name: ensure /var/log/rsyncd-fedora.log exists
+  file: >
+    dest=/var/log/rsyncd-fedora.log
+    state=touch
+    owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  tags:
+  - config
+
 - name: /var/log/rsyncd-fedora.log file context
   command: semanage fcontext -a -t rsync_log_t "/var/log/rsyncd-fedora.log"