diff --git a/ansible.changes b/ansible.changes
index 55a25ff..0bf3734 100644
--- a/ansible.changes
+++ b/ansible.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr  6 20:45:04 UTC 2020 - lars@linux-schulserver.de - 2.9.6
+
+- create missing (empty) template and files directories for 
+  'ansible-galaxy init' during package build (fixes boo#1137479)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar  5 08:23:57 UTC 2020 - Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>
 
diff --git a/ansible.spec b/ansible.spec
index 280e795..62c0920 100644
--- a/ansible.spec
+++ b/ansible.spec
@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@ for location in $DATADIR_LOCATIONS ; do
 done
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/ansible/
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/ansible/roles/
+# fix for https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/24381 
+# resp. https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1137479
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/ansible/galaxy/data/default/role/{files,templates}
 
 cp examples/hosts %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/ansible/
 cp examples/ansible.cfg %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/ansible/