diff --git a/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml b/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml
index 6f09964453..ae072ce286 100644
--- a/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/simple-koji-ci/tasks/main.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
   notify:
   - restart fedmsg-hub
 
+- user:
+    name: fedmsg
+    groups: mock
+    append: yes
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - simple-koji-ci
+
 - name: Create /usr/share/fedmsg since apparently fedmsg doesn't do it anymore
   file: state=directory
          path=/usr/share/fedmsg