diff --git a/molecule/resources/playbooks/prepare.yml b/molecule/resources/playbooks/prepare.yml
index b8915be3f149ee81a217ef04c6b90e8e4e406918..9f167831a5c6f74c93e226834d53db6542b37218 100644
--- a/molecule/resources/playbooks/prepare.yml
+++ b/molecule/resources/playbooks/prepare.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
   hosts: "*"
   gather_facts: true
   pre_tasks:
+    - name: create group
+      ansible.builtin.group:
+        name: "lza"
+
     - name: configure additional package repositories for Debian
       block: 
       - name: add 'contrib' repos to default Debian repos