diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
index e6ad74df7c..f18469be39 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
             owner=pagure group=postfix mode=0640
   with_items:
   - { file: pagure.cfg, location: /etc/pagure }
-  - { file: pagure_hook.cfg, location: /etc/pagure }
   - { file: alembic.ini, location: /etc/pagure }
   tags:
   - config
@@ -92,6 +91,19 @@
   notify:
   - restart apache
 
+- name: pagure configuration for the hooks
+  template: src={{ item.file }}
+            dest={{ item.location }}/{{ item.file }}
+            owner=pagure group=packager mode=0640
+  with_items:
+  - { file: pagure_hook.cfg, location: /etc/pagure }
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - web
+  - pagure
+  notify:
+  - restart apache
+
 - name: create the database scheme
   command: /usr/bin/python2 /usr/share/pagure/pagure_createdb.py
   changed_when: "1 != 1"