diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml
index 042bc87f16..6b81c3c435 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@
   template: src=fetch_activity.cron.j2 dest=/etc/cron.d/fetch_activity.cron owner=root group=root mode=0644
   notify:
   - restart crond
+
+- name: start and enable fedmsg-hub service
+  service: name=fedmsg-hub enabled=yes state=started