diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/node_exporter/tasks/install-node-exporter-as-system-service.yml b/ansible/playbooks/roles/node_exporter/tasks/install-node-exporter-as-system-service.yml
index 96f4ecbfc3..5f601bb943 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/node_exporter/tasks/install-node-exporter-as-system-service.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/node_exporter/tasks/install-node-exporter-as-system-service.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   vars:
     file_name: "{{ exporter_file_name }}"
 
-- name: Create /opt/node_exporter directories
+- name: Create node_exporter and textfile_collector directories
   file:
     path: "{{ item }}"
     recurse: true
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     state: directory
   with_items:
     - /opt/node_exporter
+    - /var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter/textfile_collector
 
 - name: Unpack node_exporter binary
   unarchive: