diff --git a/roles/pips/tasks/nagios_tasks.yml b/roles/pips/tasks/nagios_tasks.yml
index 5cebee8..e59a8b9 100644
--- a/roles/pips/tasks/nagios_tasks.yml
+++ b/roles/pips/tasks/nagios_tasks.yml
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
     owner: root
     group: root   
     mode: '0755'
+    remote_src: true
   become: true
   when:
      - nrpe_installed is defined