diff --git a/playbooks/lxc-hosts-setup.yml b/playbooks/lxc-hosts-setup.yml
index ce505ffa07..eaedb08bf7 100644
--- a/playbooks/lxc-hosts-setup.yml
+++ b/playbooks/lxc-hosts-setup.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
       stat:
         path: "/var/log/lxc"
       register: _lxc_log_dir
+    - name: Create the log aggregation parent directory
+      file:
+        path: "/openstack/log"
+        state: directory
     - name: Move the existing folder to the log aggregation parent
       command: "mv /var/log/lxc /openstack/log/{{ inventory_hostname }}-lxc"
       when: