diff --git a/roles/odcs/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/odcs/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 11fde44570..378e9f5529 100644
--- a/roles/odcs/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/odcs/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -86,3 +86,9 @@
   tags:
   - odcs
   - odcs/frontend
+
+- name: install cron job for cleanup msg
+  cron:
+    name="Send ODCS cleanup message"
+    job="/usr/bin/echo '{"task": "cleanup"}'| fedmsg-logger --cert-prefix odcs --topic odcs.internal.msg --json-input"
+