diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 0c06b23..c7e8a4a 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@
   notify:
   - restart nginx
 
+- name: create nginx streams directory
+  when: nginx.streams
+  file:
+    path: /etc/nginx/streams
+    state: directory
+
 - name: create and enable nginx streams
   template:
     src: stream.conf.j2