diff --git a/.drone-kubernetes.yml b/.drone-kubernetes.yml
index d914a4e..e1a9650 100644
--- a/.drone-kubernetes.yml
+++ b/.drone-kubernetes.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ steps:
 - name: add ansible config
   image: ubuntu:impish
   commands:
-    - printf "[ssh_connection]\ncontrol_path_dir=/dev/shm/ansible_control_path\nssh_args=''" > /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
+    - mkdir -p /etc/ansible && printf "[ssh_connection]\ncontrol_path_dir=/dev/shm/ansible_control_path\nssh_args=''" > /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
 
 - name: apply ansible playbook
   image: plugins/ansible:3