diff --git a/playbooks/roles/install-ansible-roles/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/install-ansible-roles/tasks/main.yaml
index 1662a5e394..6483bb4ccb 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/install-ansible-roles/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/install-ansible-roles/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+- name: Mark source side of clone as safe
+  # This goes into a config file with many entries so we cannot set
+  # a creates attribute on this task. However, subsequent runs of this
+  # command seem to noop if the entries are already present so the impact
+  # is low.
+  command: git config --global safe.directory '{{ ansible_role_src_root }}/src/opendev.org/opendev/ansible-role-{{ ansible_role }}'
+  loop: '{{ ansible_roles }}'
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: ansible_role
+
 - name: Install ansible roles to /etc/ansible/roles
   git:
     repo: '{{ ansible_role_src_root }}/src/opendev.org/opendev/ansible-role-{{ ansible_role }}'