diff --git a/roles/fetch-tox-output/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/fetch-tox-output/tasks/main.yaml
index a42f98b0f..ef317c19b 100644
--- a/roles/fetch-tox-output/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/fetch-tox-output/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@
     rsync_opts:
       - "--ignore-missing-args"
   with_items: "{{ envlist }}"
+  # some tox runs may not create a virtualenv and thus have
+  # no ./tox/env directory
+  ignore_errors: yes