diff --git a/roles/koschei/backend/templates/config-backend.cfg.j2 b/roles/koschei/backend/templates/config-backend.cfg.j2
index 70516f62cb..775ae4fd03 100644
--- a/roles/koschei/backend/templates/config-backend.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/koschei/backend/templates/config-backend.cfg.j2
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ config = {
             },
         },
     },
+    "plugins": ['pkgdb', 'fedmsg_publisher'],
     "fedmsg": {
         {% if env == 'staging' %}
         "topic": "org.fedoraproject.stg.buildsys",
diff --git a/roles/koschei/frontend/templates/config-frontend.cfg.j2 b/roles/koschei/frontend/templates/config-frontend.cfg.j2
index 4a6af95431..9ea788734f 100644
--- a/roles/koschei/frontend/templates/config-frontend.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/koschei/frontend/templates/config-frontend.cfg.j2
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ config = {
             },
         },
     },
+    "plugins": ['pkgdb'],
     "fedmsg": {
         {% if env == 'staging' %}
         "topic": "org.fedoraproject.stg.buildsys",