diff --git a/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
index ec11c4e41f..60749039d6 100644
--- a/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
   tags:
   - fedimg
 
+- name: install extra packages in staging
+  package: name={{ item }} state=present
+  with_items:
+  - euca2ools
+  when: env == "staging"
+  tags:
+  - fedimg
+
 - name: copy manual trigger script
   copy: >
     src=trigger_upload.py
@@ -30,6 +38,16 @@
   tags:
   - fedimg
 
+- name: copy the euca2ools configuration file
+  template: >
+      src=fedimg-euca-conf.ini dest=/etc/euca2ools/conf.d/fedimg-euca-conf.ini
+      owner=fedmsg group=fedmsg mode=0700
+  notify:
+  - restart fedmsg-hub
+  when: env == "staging"
+  tags:
+  - fedimg
+
 - name: copy koji fedmsg consumer
   template: >
     src=fedmsg.d/fedimg.py dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/fedimg.py
diff --git a/roles/fedimg/templates/fedimg-euca-conf.ini b/roles/fedimg/templates/fedimg-euca-conf.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e14f0cda78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/fedimg/templates/fedimg-euca-conf.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[user fedimg]
+{% if env == 'staging' %}
+key-id = {{fedimg_aws_stg_access_id}}
+secret-key = {{fedimg_aws_stg_secret_key}}
+{% else %}
+key-id = {{fedimg_aws_prod_access_id}}
+secret-key = {{fedimg_aws_prod_secret_key}}
+{% endif %}
+
+[region aws:*]
+user = fedimg