diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/copr-back-stg b/inventory/group_vars/copr-back-stg
index 5d92ed0ac9..be77649b9e 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/copr-back-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/copr-back-stg
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ copr_builder_network_name: "coprdev-net"
 copr_builder_key_name: "buildsys"
 copr_builder_security_groups: "ssh-anywhere-coprdev,default,ssh-from-persistent-coprdev"
 
-fedmsg_enabled: "false"
+fedmsg_enabled: "true"
 
 do_sign: "true"
 
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml b/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml
index a1dbcacff7..82d5fd74c1 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/copr-backend.yml
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@
   # Roles are run first, before tasks, regardless of where you place them here.
   roles:
   - base
-  - copr/backend
   - fedmsg/base
+  - copr/backend
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/fedmsg/mbs.py b/roles/copr/backend/files/fedmsg/mbs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30723fa61a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/fedmsg/mbs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+config = dict(
+
+    sign_messages=False,
+    validate_signatures=False,
+
+    endpoints={
+        # This is the output side of the relay to which all other
+        # services can listen.
+        "relay_outbound": [
+            "tcp://172.25.32.160:4001",
+        ],
+    },
+
+    # This is the address of an active->passive relay.  It is used for the
+    # fedmsg-logger command which requires another service with a stable
+    # listening address for it to send messages to.
+    # It is also used by the git-hook, for the same reason.
+    # It is also used by the mediawiki php plugin which, due to the oddities of
+    # php, can't maintain a single passive-bind endpoint of it's own.
+    relay_inbound=[
+        "tcp://172.25.32.160:2003",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/fedmsg.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/fedmsg.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cec7c0f644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/fedmsg.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+- name: remove unnecessary fedmsg configs
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: absent
+  with_fileglob:
+    - /etc/fedmsg.d/endpoints*
+    - /etc/fedmsg.d/relay.py
+    - /etc/fedmsg.d/ssl.py
+
+- name: install the MBS config
+  copy: src="fedmsg/mbs.py" dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/
+
+- name: install fedmsg-relay
+  dnf: state=latest name=fedmsg-relay
+
+- name: enable fedmsg-relay
+  service: name=fedmsg-relay enabled=yes state=started
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index c3f825bb5b..1c6aeee643 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -216,3 +216,7 @@
 
 - name: setup monitoring
   include: "monitoring.yml"
+
+- name: setup fedmsg for MBS
+  include: "fedmsg.yml"
+  when: env == "staging"