diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
index cdf3cb7dc5..f451c18a4e 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/new-updates-sync
@@ -70,6 +70,20 @@ RELEASES = {'f27': {'topic': 'fedora',
                                   'dest': os.path.join(EPELDEST, '7')}
                                 ]}}
                      },
+            'epel6': {'topic': 'epel',
+                      'version': '6',
+                      'repos': {'epel': {
+                          'from': 'dist-6E-epel',
+                          'to': [{'arches': ['x86_64', 'ppc64', 'i386', 'source'],
+                                  'dest': os.path.join(EPELDEST, '6')}
+                                ]},
+                                'epel-testing': {
+                          'from': 'dist-6E-epel-testing',
+                          'to': [{'arches': ['x86_64', 'ppc64', 'i386', 'source'],
+                                  'dest': os.path.join(EPELDEST, 'testing', '6')}
+                                ]},
+                              }
+                     },
            }