diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml
index fe39f8e46f..863c37917b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     path: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item }}"
     state: "directory"
     recurse: yes
+  become: true
   with_items:
     - "fluentd"
     - "fluentd/input"