diff --git a/playbooks/groups/pdc.yml b/playbooks/groups/pdc.yml
index e7f7fea98b..9598c72749 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/pdc.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/pdc.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
       when: deployment_type == "prod" }
   # Set up for fedora-messaging
   - { role: rabbit/user,
-      username: "pdc{{ env_suffix }}"}
+      username: "pdc{{ env_suffix }}",
+      when: inventory_hostname.startswith(('pdc-web01','pdc-web01.stg')) }
   - pdc/frontend
 
 - name: stuff just for the backend nodes