diff --git a/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/tasks/main.yml b/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/tasks/main.yml
index 5c4413e6..eff0c5c4 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/prometheus-node-exporter/tasks/main.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@
     enabled: true
     state: started
 
+- name: Ensure destination directory exists
+  file:
+    path: /usr/share/prometheus-node-exporter
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0755'
+  when: ansible_distribution_release != "bookworm"
+
 # Install new APT textfile collector, it might be upstreamed one day
 # https://github.com/prometheus-community/node-exporter-textfile-collector-scripts/pull/35
 - name: Patch APT textfile collector