diff --git a/apache/tasks/server_status.yml b/apache/tasks/server_status.yml
index c6070c2b..696f2592 100644
--- a/apache/tasks/server_status.yml
+++ b/apache/tasks/server_status.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 ---
 
+- name: server status dirname exists
+  file:
+    dest: "{{ apache_serverstatus_suffix_file | dirname }}"
+    mode: "0700"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    state: directory
+
 - name: set apache serverstatus suffix if provided
   shell: "echo {{ apache_serverstatus_suffix }} > {{ apache_serverstatus_suffix_file }}"
   when: apache_serverstatus_suffix != ""
diff --git a/nginx/tasks/server_status.yml b/nginx/tasks/server_status.yml
index 9c84ada2..e84ca069 100644
--- a/nginx/tasks/server_status.yml
+++ b/nginx/tasks/server_status.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 ---
 
+- name: server status dirname exists
+  file:
+    dest: "{{ nginx_serverstatus_suffix | dirname }}"
+    mode: "0700"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    state: directory
+
 - name: set nginx serverstatus suffix if provided
   shell: "echo {{ nginx_serverstatus_suffix }} > {{ nginx_serverstatus_suffix_file }}"
   when: nginx_serverstatus_suffix != ""