diff --git a/roles/prometheus-nginx-exporter/tasks/main.yml b/roles/prometheus-nginx-exporter/tasks/main.yml
index 43a8b7a0fcc1ce73dbbaead178889afcde9abfcc..c7e8f32cdd9ccad7dbffc4b1f18dbb6abfc105aa 100644
--- a/roles/prometheus-nginx-exporter/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/prometheus-nginx-exporter/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 - name: Install prometheus-nginx-exporter
   apt:
     update_cache: true
-    name: prometheus-nginx-exporter
+    name:
+      - nginx  # Nginx may be not already installed
+      - prometheus-nginx-exporter
   register: apt_result
   retries: 3
   until: apt_result is succeeded