diff --git a/playbooks/python-docs/post-direct.yaml b/playbooks/python-docs/post-direct.yaml
index a837fd440e..f48fb57154 100644
--- a/playbooks/python-docs/post-direct.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/python-docs/post-direct.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 - hosts: all
   roles:
     - fetch-tox-output
+    - role: write-root-marker
+      root_marker_dir: "src/{{ zuul.project.canonical_name }}/doc/build/html"
+      when: zuul_success | bool
     - role: fetch-sphinx-output
       sphinx_output_src: "src/{{ zuul.project.canonical_name }}/doc/build/html/"
       zuul_executor_dest: "{{ zuul.executor.work_root }}/artifacts"