diff --git a/playbooks/groups/openqa.yml b/playbooks/groups/openqa.yml
index e9380ccd80..9ebca1907f 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/openqa.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/openqa.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
     username: "openqa{{ env_suffix }}"
     tags: ['rabbit']
     when: deployment_type == "stg"
+    # we also need prod user for stg...
+  - role: rabbit/user
+    username: "openqa"
+    tags: ['rabbit']
+    when: deployment_type == "stg"
   - role: rabbit/queue
     username: "openqa{{ env_suffix }}"
     queue_name: "openqa{{ env_suffix }}_scheduler"