diff --git a/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml b/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml
index 74ffbdce5c..6915ff1fc4 100644
--- a/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,3 +23,11 @@
   notify:
   - restart fedmsg-hub
 
+- name: Start and enable the services we want
+  service: name={{ item }} enabled=yes state=started
+  with_items:
+  - fedmsg-hub
+  tags:
+  - service
+  - simple-koji-ci
+