diff --git a/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/__fixtures__/requirements01.yml b/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/__fixtures__/requirements01.yml
index ea0ff5a7d43e06214eec19bd8d50e8122233cf18..ad476fc79501670e25012ffab7dd5bc7cea26e11 100644
--- a/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/__fixtures__/requirements01.yml
+++ b/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/__fixtures__/requirements01.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 - src: yatesr.timezone
   version: "0.1.0"
 
+- name: 'cloudalchemy.node-exporter'
+  version: '0.19.0'
+
 # GitHub repo, accessible by http(s)
 - version: master
   src: https://github.com/bennojoy/nginx
diff --git a/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap b/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
index 929c35432d6360d2f65d3048ef9499b9c8edd466..ba9628cf6c3cb4d98d795ef89e38bba4bfe1318e 100644
--- a/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ Array [
     "depName": "yatesr.timezone",
     "lookupName": "yatesr.timezone",
   },
+  Object {
+    "currentValue": "0.19.0",
+    "datasource": "galaxy",
+    "depName": "cloudalchemy.node-exporter",
+    "lookupName": "cloudalchemy.node-exporter",
+  },
   Object {
     "currentValue": "master",
     "datasource": "git-tags",
diff --git a/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/extract.spec.ts b/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/extract.spec.ts
index 830f13184f85af2e3df716d866c30ad12ee21bff..dd387286acc35f12b39258cd94cff2510dcd5157 100644
--- a/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/extract.spec.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/extract', () => {
     it('extracts multiple dependencies from requirements.yml', () => {
       const res = extractPackageFile(yamlFile1);
       expect(res.deps).toMatchSnapshot();
-      expect(res.deps).toHaveLength(9);
+      expect(res.deps).toHaveLength(10);
     });
     it('extracts dependencies from a not beautified requirements file', () => {
       const res = extractPackageFile(yamlFile2);
diff --git a/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/extract.ts b/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/extract.ts
index 865131a24250f820731cf723f3c772c0c653b65f..846dae7a73169386d97af06ce0c4b77e7acdb08e 100644
--- a/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/ansible-galaxy/extract.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { logger } from '../../logger';
 import { SkipReason } from '../../types';
 import { PackageDependency, PackageFile } from '../common';
 
+const galaxyRoleRegex = /.+\..+/;
+
 function interpretLine(
   lineMatch: RegExpMatchArray,
   lineNumber: number,
@@ -54,10 +56,14 @@ function finalize(dependency: PackageDependency): boolean {
     dep.depName = sourceMatch[4];
     // remove leading `git+` from URLs like `git+https://...`
     dep.lookupName = source.replace(/git\+/, '');
-  } else if (new RegExp(/.+\..+/).exec(source)) {
+  } else if (galaxyRoleRegex.exec(source)) {
     dep.datasource = datasourceGalaxy.id;
     dep.depName = dep.managerData.src;
     dep.lookupName = dep.managerData.src;
+  } else if (galaxyRoleRegex.exec(dep.managerData.name)) {
+    dep.datasource = datasourceGalaxy.id;
+    dep.depName = dep.managerData.name;
+    dep.lookupName = dep.managerData.name;
   } else {
     dep.skipReason = SkipReason.NoSourceMatch;
     return false;