diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/coreos-ostree-importer/templates/fedora-messaging.toml b/roles/openshift-apps/coreos-ostree-importer/templates/fedora-messaging.toml
index 3af3c8e0b3..18d613ed5b 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/coreos-ostree-importer/templates/fedora-messaging.toml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/coreos-ostree-importer/templates/fedora-messaging.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Broker address
 amqp_url = "amqps://{{ fedora_messaging_username }}:@rabbitmq{{ env_suffix }}.fedoraproject.org/%2Fpubsub"
+callback = "fedora_messaging.example:printer"
+
+# In the production/private rabbitmq servers clients can't create
+# queues dynamically. The client defaults to trying to create them.
+# Setting this to true means the client will not attempt to create
+# the queue on the server, but will just check to make sure it exists
+# and configured correctly.
+passive_declares = true
 
 # The topic_prefix configuration value will add a prefix to the topics of every sent message.
 # This is used for migrating from fedmsg, and should not be used afterwards.