diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/koji b/inventory/group_vars/koji
index 31f7fbdfba..d24f2f3840 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/koji
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/koji
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ fedmsg_certs:
 - service: koji
   owner: root
   group: apache
+  can_send:
+  - buildsys.build.state.change
+  - buildsys.package.list.change
+  - buildsys.repo.done
+  - buildsys.repo.init
+  - buildsys.rpm.sign
+  - buildsys.tag
+  - buildsys.task.state.change
+  - buildsys.untag
 
 nfs_mount_opts: "rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=3"
 
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/koji-stg b/inventory/group_vars/koji-stg
index cc90ac509b..6efbf4cd18 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/koji-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/koji-stg
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ fedmsg_certs:
 - service: koji
   owner: root
   group: apache
+  can_send:
+  - buildsys.build.state.change
+  - buildsys.package.list.change
+  - buildsys.repo.done
+  - buildsys.repo.init
+  - buildsys.rpm.sign
+  - buildsys.tag
+  - buildsys.task.state.change
+  - buildsys.untag
 
 # NOTE -- staging mounts read-only
 nfs_mount_opts: "ro,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid"