diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index d7dc6e6..cff5b20 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,15 @@
     group: "{{ neogo__group }}"
     mode: '0750'
 
-- name: Ensure configuration directory exists
+- name: Create configuration directory parent
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    state: directory
+    path: "{{ neogo__conf_dir | realpath | dirname }}"
+    owner: 'root'
+    group: 'root'
+    mode: '0755'
+
+- name: Create configuration directory
   ansible.builtin.file:
     state: directory
     path: "{{ neogo__conf_dir }}"