diff --git a/roles/neovim/tasks/main.yml b/roles/neovim/tasks/main.yml
index 1617131..aeeb932 100644
--- a/roles/neovim/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/neovim/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
     name: neovim-remote
     extra_args: --user
 
+- name: Make sure ~/.config/nvim/ directory exists
+  file:
+    path: ~/.config/nvim
+    state: directory
+
 - name: Copy neovim config
   copy:
     src: init.vim