diff --git a/playbooks/roles/install-docker/tasks/upstream.yaml b/playbooks/roles/install-docker/tasks/upstream.yaml
index ca5463c3a1..c6232366a3 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/install-docker/tasks/upstream.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/install-docker/tasks/upstream.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@
   apt_key:
     data: "{{ ubuntu_gpg_key }}"
 
+- name: Ensure /etc/apt/sources.list.d exists
+  file:
+    path: /etc/apt/sources.list.d
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0755'
+
 # TODO(mordred) We should add a proxy cache mirror for this
 - name: Add docker apt repo
   become: yes