diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/fas b/inventory/group_vars/fas
index b4db553b1d..6eea6304f4 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/fas
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/fas
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ num_cpus: 4
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file
 
-tcp_ports: [ 80, 8443, 8444,
+tcp_ports: [ 80, 873, 8443, 8444,
              # fas has 32 wsgi processes, each of which need their own port
              # open for outbound fedmsg messages.
              8000, 8001, 8002, 8003, 8004, 8005, 8006, 8007,
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/fas-stg b/inventory/group_vars/fas-stg
index c1173af894..d30b31f421 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/fas-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/fas-stg
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ num_cpus: 2
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file
 
-tcp_ports: [ 80, 8443, 8444,
+tcp_ports: [ 80, 873, 8443, 8444,
              # fas has 32 wsgi processes, each of which need their own port
              # open for outbound fedmsg messages.
              8000, 8001, 8002, 8003, 8004, 8005, 8006, 8007,