diff --git a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 428809ad3f..b13e77b35a 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
   user:
       name: paguremirroring
       group: paguremirroring
+      groups: paguremirroring,git
       shell: /bin/nologin
       home: /srv/mirror
   tags: