diff --git a/roles/mailman/files/fedmsg-plugin-conf.py b/roles/mailman/files/fedmsg-plugin-conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2678376e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mailman/files/fedmsg-plugin-conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config = {
+    # These are mailing lists that we don't publish to fedmsg (because spam)
+    'mailman.excluded_lists' = [
+        'scm-commits',
+        #'i18n-bugs',# disable this eventually
+        #'fonts-bugs', # disable this eventually
+    ],
+}
diff --git a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
index 85d10b168a..163a1cca0c 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@
   when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
   tags: mailman
 
+- name: copy in our fedmsg-plugin conf file
+  copy: src=fedmsg-plugin-conf.py dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/fedmsg-plugin-conf.py
+  tags:
+  - fedmsgdconfig
+  - mailman
+  notify: restart mailman3
+
 - name: install packages when not using source extracts
   when: ansible_hostname != "lists-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org"
   yum: pkg={{ item }} state=present