diff --git a/roles/pagure/frontend/files/pagure_ev.service b/roles/pagure/frontend/files/pagure_ev.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f194b1b5cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/pagure/frontend/files/pagure_ev.service
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Pagure EventSource server (Allowing live refresh of the pages supporting it)
+After=redis.target
+Documentation=https://pagure.io/pagure
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/libexec/pagure-ev/pagure_stream_server.py
+Type=simple
+User=git
+Group=git
+Restart=on-failure
+LimitNOFILE=40960
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index d9ff9db476..72a0bf7d61 100644
--- a/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pagure/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -132,6 +132,18 @@
   - restart postfix
   - restart pagure_milter
 
+# Override pagure_ev systemd service file
+
+- name: install pagure_ev service definition
+  copy: src=pagure_ev.service
+        dest=/usr/lib/systemd/system/pagure_eu.service
+        owner=root group=root mode=0644
+  notify:
+  - reload systemd
+  - restart pagure_ev
+  tags:
+  - pagure
+  - pagure_ev
 
 # Set-up stunnel for the event source server