diff --git a/roles/prep-zanata/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/prep-zanata/tasks/main.yaml
index 070d08ee30..1e5d96a638 100644
--- a/roles/prep-zanata/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/prep-zanata/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 
 - name: Extract Zanata client archive
   unarchive:
+    remote_src: yes
     src: "/tmp/zanata-cli-{{ zanata_client_version }}-dist.tar.gz"
     dest: /opt/zanata
     creates: "/opt/zanata/zanata-cli-{{ zanata_client_version }}/bin/zanata-cli"