diff --git a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 39c260a9b8..85d5efe38b 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@
 
 # Set things up for the mirroring feature
 
+- name: create the `mirror` group
+  group:
+      name: mirror
+      state: present
+  when: env == 'pagure-staging'
+  tags:
+  - pagure
+  - mirror
+
 - name: create the `mirror` user
   user:
       name: mirror