diff --git a/roles/legacy-copy-jenkins-scripts/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/legacy-copy-jenkins-scripts/tasks/main.yaml
index 3a67f06b..e17f23f7 100644
--- a/roles/legacy-copy-jenkins-scripts/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/legacy-copy-jenkins-scripts/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+- name: Create /usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts
+  file:
+    path: /usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts
+    state: directory
+
 - name: Copy files to the slave_script dir on the node
   copy:
     # Ansible will create this folder automatically