diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index d86a70a59d..34cc2b7aa0 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -286,6 +286,12 @@
   - config
   - bodhi
 
+- name: Let the ftpsync user also read the fedora-messaging config
+  command: /usr/bin/setfacl -m user:ftpsync:rx /etc/fedora-messaging/config.toml
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - bodhi
+
 - name: make a mnt/koji link
   file: state=link src=/mnt/fedora_koji/koji dest=/mnt/koji force=yes
   tags: