diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc148fba..32d2274b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 ### Added
 * apt: check if cron is installed before adding a cron job
 * apt: remove jessie/buster sources from Gandi servers
+* apt: verify that /etc/evolinux is present
 * certbot : new role to install and configure certbot
 * etc-git: add versioning for /usr/share/scripts on Debian 10+
 * evoacme: upstream version 19.11
diff --git a/apt/tasks/hold_packages.yml b/apt/tasks/hold_packages.yml
index 7ab37a7f..36aebfb0 100644
--- a/apt/tasks/hold_packages.yml
+++ b/apt/tasks/hold_packages.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
   tags:
     - apt
 
+- name: "/etc/evolinux is present"
+  file:
+    dest: /etc/evolinux
+    mode: "0700"
+    state: directory
+
 - name: "hold packages (config)"
   lineinfile:
     dest: /etc/evolinux/apt_hold_packages.cf