diff --git a/roles/localansible/files/awscredentials b/roles/awscreds/files/awscredentials
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/localansible/files/awscredentials
rename to roles/awscreds/files/awscredentials
diff --git a/roles/awscreds/meta/main.yml b/roles/awscreds/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d098f75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/awscreds/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+allow_duplicates: no
diff --git a/roles/awscreds/tasks/main.yml b/roles/awscreds/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6df3e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/awscreds/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/ansible-playbook
+# vim:ft=ansible:
+---
+- name: Set up AWS credentials for root
+  block:
+  - name: Create .aws directory
+    file:
+      path: ~/.aws
+      state: directory
+  - name: Copy AWS credentials
+    copy:
+      src: awscredentials
+      dest: ~/.aws/credentials
+      mode: "0600"
+  become: true
diff --git a/roles/localansible/meta/main.yml b/roles/localansible/meta/main.yml
index d098f75..6eff89a 100644
--- a/roles/localansible/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/localansible/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 ---
 allow_duplicates: no
+dependencies:
+  - role: awscreds
diff --git a/roles/localansible/tasks/main.yml b/roles/localansible/tasks/main.yml
index 2092dd8..5950cde 100644
--- a/roles/localansible/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/localansible/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@
     vars:
       packages:
       - ansible
-  - name: Create .aws directory
-    file:
-      path: ~/.aws
-      state: directory
-  - name: Copy AWS credentials
-    copy:
-      src: awscredentials
-      dest: ~/.aws/credentials
-      mode: "0600"
   - name: Assure root .ssh directory
     file:
       path: ~/.ssh