diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/recipes/letsencrypt.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/recipes/letsencrypt.rb
index b5f0793..40a1614 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/recipes/letsencrypt.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-base/recipes/letsencrypt.rb
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ else
  end
 end
 
-directory "/etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks" do
-  recursive true
-  mode 0755
-  owner "root"
-  group "root"
+%w(deploy post pre).each do |subdir|
+  directory "/etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/#{subdir}" do
+    recursive true
+    mode 0755
+    owner "root"
+    group "root"
+  end
 end
 
 file "/etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/deploy/nginx" do