diff --git a/apache/tasks/apache-modules.yml b/apache/tasks/apache-modules.yml
index fe082f3c..75bbed8f 100644
--- a/apache/tasks/apache-modules.yml
+++ b/apache/tasks/apache-modules.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 ---
+- name: Load the required modules
+  apache2_module: name={{ item }} state=present force=yes
+  with_items: '{{ apache_default_modules }}'
+  notify: apache2 reload
+  ignore_errors: True
+  tags: [ 'apache', 'apache_modules' ]
+
 - name: Install the libapache2-mod-rpaf module
   apt: pkg=libapache2-mod-rpaf state=present
   when: apache_rpaf_install