diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index e04ae62122f762af3c39cff1fc3bdd46271c1b37..529e7521166227150f28c9b4a6b1ae90fca4ce16 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,14 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0o0644
-    validate: rsyslogd -N1
   notify:
   - Restart rsyslog
 
+- name: Validate config
+  when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+  command: rsyslogd -N1
+  changed_when: False
+
 - name: Configure syslogd forwarding
   when: ansible_os_family == 'OpenBSD'
   lineinfile: