diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba43e332..ec65ab38 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 
 * packweb-apache: Don't turn on mod-evasive emails by default
 * haproxy: chroot and socket path are configurable
+* redis: create sudoers file if missing
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/redis/tasks/nrpe.yml b/redis/tasks/nrpe.yml
index f499ed2f..a93c21af 100644
--- a/redis/tasks/nrpe.yml
+++ b/redis/tasks/nrpe.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     line: 'nagios          ALL = NOPASSWD: {{ redis_check_redis_path }}'
     insertafter: '^nagios'
     validate: "visudo -cf %s"
+    create: yes
   when: redis_instance_name is defined
   tags:
     - redis