diff --git a/roles/php/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
index b233786..056f5e7 100644
--- a/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,11 @@
   loop: "{{ php_modules }}"
   notify:
     - Restart php-fpm
+
+- name: Create standard php app data dir
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    state: directory
+    dest: "{{ php_data_dir }}"
+    owner: www-data
+    group: www-data
+    mode: "0o750"
diff --git a/roles/php/vars/main.yml b/roles/php/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da4bf27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/php/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+
+php_data_dir: /srv/www-data