diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index ba51f51..d758710 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@
   file: path="{{ secondary_zones_dir }}" state=directory owner=nsd group=nsd mode=0755
 
 
-- name: Create base nsd3 configuration file
-  template: src=config.j2 dest="{{ nsd_config_dir }}/nsd.conf" owner=root group=root mode=0644
-  notify:
-    - restart nsd3
-
 - name: Configure nsd3 zones
-  template: src=zones_config.j2 dest="{{ zones_config_file }}" owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  template: src=zones_config.j2 dest="{{ zones_config_file }}" owner=root group=root mode=0644 validate='nsd-checkconf %s'
   notify:
     - rebuild nsd3 database
     - reload nsd3 database
 
+- name: Create base nsd3 configuration file
+  template: src=config.j2 dest="{{ nsd_config_dir }}/nsd.conf" owner=root group=root mode=0644 validate='nsd-checkconf %s'
+  notify:
+    - restart nsd3
+
 
 - name: Copy content of primary zones
   copy: src="files/nsd/{{ item.zone_filename }}" dest="{{ primary_zones_dir }}/{{ item.zone_filename }}" owner=root group=root mode=0644