diff --git a/roles/zanata2fedmsg/files/zanata2fedmsg.wsgi b/roles/zanata2fedmsg/files/zanata2fedmsg.wsgi
index 87722cbdc8..940e1cc6cc 100644
--- a/roles/zanata2fedmsg/files/zanata2fedmsg.wsgi
+++ b/roles/zanata2fedmsg/files/zanata2fedmsg.wsgi
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ sys.stdout = sys.stderr
 
 import os
 os.environ['PYTHON_EGG_CACHE'] = '/var/www/.python-eggs'
+os.environ['ZANATA2FEDMSG_CONFIG'] = '/etc/zanata2fedmsg.ini'
 
 from zanata2fedmsg import app as application
diff --git a/roles/zanata2fedmsg/tasks/main.yml b/roles/zanata2fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
index 2309776054..68948edc3f 100644
--- a/roles/zanata2fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/zanata2fedmsg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@
   tags:
   - zanata2fedmsg
 
+- name: copy zanata2fedmsg configuration file
+  template: >
+    src={{ item }} dest="/etc/{{item}}"
+    owner=apache group=apache mode=0640
+  with_items:
+  - zanata2fedmsg.ini
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - zanata2fedmsg
+  notify:
+  - restart apache
+
 - name: copy zanata2fedmsg wsgi script
   copy: >
     src={{ item }} dest="/usr/share/zanata2fedmsg/{{ item }}"
diff --git a/roles/zanata2fedmsg/templates/zanata2fedmsg.ini b/roles/zanata2fedmsg/templates/zanata2fedmsg.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8f9899da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/zanata2fedmsg/templates/zanata2fedmsg.ini
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+WEBHOOK_SALT = '{{zanata2fedmsg_webhook_salt}}'