diff --git a/roles/mgrote_rsync/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mgrote_rsync/tasks/main.yml
index 8ee19b0e..55583b95 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote_rsync/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote_rsync/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 - name: Include user tasks
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: user.yml
 
+- name: Ensure packages are present
+  become: true
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+    name:
+      - rsync
+    state: present
+
 - name: Include source tasks
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: source.yml
   when: "'source' in rsync_host_role"
diff --git a/roles/mgrote_rsync/tasks/source.yml b/roles/mgrote_rsync/tasks/source.yml
index deb5762e..4700d6c4 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote_rsync/tasks/source.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote_rsync/tasks/source.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 ---
-- name: Ensure packages are present
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    name:
-      - rsync
-    state: present
-
 - name: Ensure needed dirs exist
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.file: