diff --git a/tasks/setup-wp.yml b/tasks/setup-wp.yml
index 5dd3cd8..06dec28 100755
--- a/tasks/setup-wp.yml
+++ b/tasks/setup-wp.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   unarchive:
     src: "{{  'https://wordpress.org/wordpress-' + local_wp_version + '.tar.gz' if local_wp_version != 'latest' else wordpress_latest_target }}"
     dest: "/tmp"
+    remote_src: yes
 
 - name: "extract wordpress archive to {{ local_wp_root }}"
   copy: