diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index 7bd2973..bd64e7b 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
     - "{{ grafana_data_dir }}"
     - "{{ grafana_data_dir }}/dashboards"
     - "{{ grafana_data_dir }}/plugins"
+    - "{{ grafana_data_dir }}/provisioning"
+    - "{{ grafana_data_dir }}/provisioning/datasources"
 
 - name: Enable grafana system service
   systemd:
diff --git a/tasks/datasources.yml b/tasks/datasources.yml
index a9b75a4..e340ca4 100644
--- a/tasks/datasources.yml
+++ b/tasks/datasources.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,12 @@
   with_items: "{{ grafana_datasources }}"
   no_log: True
   when: datasources.content == "[]"
+
+- name: Create datasources file
+  copy:
+    dest: "{{ grafana_data_dir }}/provisioning/datasources/ansible.yml"
+    content: |
+      delete_datasources: []
+      datasources:
+      {{ grafana_datasources | to_nice_yaml }}
+    backup: no