diff --git a/roles/nfs-server/tasks/startServer.yml b/roles/nfs-server/tasks/startServer.yml
index c2f74a2f2d5d8245785117a5c54c6d0b20d13e8e..f326a572afecfca5d806f4950a2b0e973ad89c83 100644
--- a/roles/nfs-server/tasks/startServer.yml
+++ b/roles/nfs-server/tasks/startServer.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 --- 
+- name: "Create exports if necessary"
+  file: dest={{ item.src }} state=directory mode=755 owner=root group=root
+  sudo: true
+  with_items: exportList
+
 - name: "Starting rpcbind"
   service: "name=rpcbind state=started"
   sudo: true