diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index 2e3a4a6006..08b4a08464 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
   - name: replace bashrc for copr user
     action: copy src=$files/copr/copr_bashrc dest=/srv/copr-work/copr/.bashrc owner=copr group=copr mode=600
 
+  - name: auth_key so we can login to localhost as the copr user from the copr user
+    action: authorized_key user=copr key='$FILE(${files}/copr/provision/files/buildsys.pub)'
+
   - name: set dir ownership for copr-work and copr-repo
     action: file state=directory path=$item owner=copr group=copr
     with_items: