diff --git a/playbooks/roles/contrail/common/tasks/copy_ssl_certs.yml b/playbooks/roles/contrail/common/tasks/copy_ssl_certs.yml
index 6d9e61c3..8cb1da5c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/contrail/common/tasks/copy_ssl_certs.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/contrail/common/tasks/copy_ssl_certs.yml
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
   stat: path={{ ssl_certs_src_dir }}
   register: check_ssl_certs_src_dir
 
-- name: Create SSL Cert dir on container
-  file: path={{ ssl_certs_dir }} state=directory
+- name: Create SSL directories on container
+  file: path={{ ssl_certs_dir }}/{{ item }} state=directory
+  with_items: ["certs", "private"]
   when: check_ssl_certs_src_dir.stat.exists
 
 - name: Copy SSL files for use by container
   copy: src={{ item.src }} dest={{ item.dest }}
   with_items:
-      - { src: "{{ ssl_certs_src_dir }}/ca-cert.pem", dest: "{{ ssl_certs_dir }}/ca-cert.pem" }
-      - { src: "{{ ssl_certs_src_dir }}/server.pem", dest: "{{ ssl_certs_dir }}/server.pem" }
-      - { src: "{{ ssl_certs_src_dir }}/server-privkey.pem",  dest: "{{ ssl_certs_dir }}/server-privkey.pem" }
+      - { src: "{{ ssl_certs_src_dir }}/ca-cert.pem", dest: "{{ ssl_certs_dir }}/certs/ca-cert.pem" }
+      - { src: "{{ ssl_certs_src_dir }}/server.pem", dest: "{{ ssl_certs_dir }}/certs/server.pem" }
+      - { src: "{{ ssl_certs_src_dir }}/server-privkey.pem",  dest: "{{ ssl_certs_dir }}/private/server-privkey.pem" }
   when: check_ssl_certs_src_dir.stat.exists