diff --git a/roles/abrt/faf/templates/etc-fedora-messaging-config.toml.j2 b/roles/abrt/faf/templates/etc-fedora-messaging-config.toml.j2
index d65fbf3ff3..f8d2e921c2 100644
--- a/roles/abrt/faf/templates/etc-fedora-messaging-config.toml.j2
+++ b/roles/abrt/faf/templates/etc-fedora-messaging-config.toml.j2
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 amqp_url = "amqps://faf:@rabbitmq{{ env_suffix }}.fedoraproject.org/%2Fpubsub"
 
+passive_declares = true
+
 # The topic_prefix configuration value will add a prefix to the topics of every sent message.
 # This is used for migrating from fedmsg, and should not be used afterwards.
 {% if env == "staging" %}