diff --git a/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/tasks/config.yml
index 8d6adc542b7521c68bbc9e0b0eb88b9876ec9899..ce3d9ede52c3ebb20d6b4d5fb3c72ba013802b64 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ovs-dpdk/tasks/config.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: Ensuring config directories exist
+  become: True
   file:
     path: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item.key }}"
     state: "directory"