diff --git a/linux/compliance.yaml b/linux/compliance.yaml
index 4ad94cb..9411be8 100644
--- a/linux/compliance.yaml
+++ b/linux/compliance.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,13 @@
         # add to sudo
         groups: sudo
         append: yes
-
+    # Sysadmin user SSH pub key
+    # This is a really stupid way to do it, but alas.
+    # This uses an environment variable named nhadmin_key in Semaphore which has the ssh-rsa pubkey.
+    - name: Create deployment user .ssh directory.
+      file:
+        path: /home/ansible/.ssh
+        state: directory
     - name: Add nhadmin user's SSH key.
       shell:
         cmd: echo "{{ nhadmin_key }}" > /home/nhadmin/.ssh/authorized_keys