diff --git a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 85d5efe38b..7922e1eac2 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@
       group: mirror
       shell: /bin/nologin
       home: /srv/mirror
+      groups: git
+      append: yes
   when: env == 'pagure-staging'
   tags:
   - pagure