diff --git a/proftpd/files/vpasswd b/proftpd/files/vpasswd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7f074ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proftpd/files/vpasswd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# username:password:uid:gid:gecos:homedir:shell
diff --git a/proftpd/tasks/main.yml b/proftpd/tasks/main.yml
index 3f6b3abe..76056e15 100644
--- a/proftpd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/proftpd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,12 @@
   notify: restart proftpd
   tags:
   - proftpd
+
+- name: Put empty vpasswd file if missing
+  copy:
+    src: vpasswd
+    dest: /etc/proftpd/vpasswd
+    force: no
+    mode: "0440"
+  tags:
+  - proftpd