diff --git a/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml b/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml
index 387c51968a..38f6f86b80 100644
--- a/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 - name: copy simple-koji-ci configuration
   template: src={{ item.file }}
             dest={{ item.location }}/{{ item.file }}
-            owner=root group=root mode=0640
+            owner=root group=fedmsg mode=0640
   with_items:
   - { file: simple_koji_ci.py, location: /etc/fedmsg.d }
   - { file: endpoints.py, location: /etc/fedmsg.d }