diff --git a/tasks/install.yml b/tasks/install.yml
index 5baacc5..d8b51e4 100644
--- a/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/tasks/install.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 ---
+- name: Setup directories
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+    owner: "{{ unifi_user }}"
+    group: "{{ unifi_group }}"
+    recurse: True
+  with_items:
+    - "{{ unifi_base_dir }}"
+    - "{{ unifi_base_dir }}/{{ unifi_version }}"
+  become: True
+
 - block:
   - name: Download unifi version '{{ unifi_version }}'
     get_url: