diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 702f71a49a56e9f1ec3548770f71bc5bc7a6bdce..116687fb68a1181e477b412bc67dfa972691952b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ backups:
     restic:
       url: /var/backup-client/restic
       repo_type: local
+      repo_folder_create: true
       additional_keys: {}
   mode: vm-via-hypervisor
   enabled: True
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index bbab3d3f5dfe04d1d5ad629c2d9c9c14500f9e00..855e4ad7d684b3928013177fd17f5dd04d9b865c 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@
         export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="{{ backups.backends.restic.url }}"
         export RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE="/etc/backup-client/restic.key"
   - name: create restic repository folder
-    when: backups.backends.restic.repo_type == 'local'
+    when:
+      - backups.backends.restic.repo_type == 'local'
+      - backups.backends.restic.repo_folder_create
     file:
       path: "{{ backups.backends.restic.url }}"
       state: directory