diff --git a/roles/rabbit/queue/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rabbit/queue/tasks/main.yml
index d058e65bb4..941e3d08ff 100644
--- a/roles/rabbit/queue/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rabbit/queue/tasks/main.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 - name: Prepare the topic permissions dict
   set_fact:
-    topic_permissions: "{{ topic_permissions|default([]) + [{'vhost': vhost, 'write_priv': item}] }}"
+    topic_permissions: "{{ topic_permissions|default([]) + [{'vhost': vhost, 'read_priv': '.*', 'write_priv': item}] }}"
   loop: "{{ sent_topics }}"
   tags:
     - fedora-messaging
diff --git a/roles/rabbit/user/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rabbit/user/tasks/main.yml
index 5c014fb440..e9890aca1a 100644
--- a/roles/rabbit/user/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rabbit/user/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 - name: Prepare the topic permissions dict
   set_fact:
-    topic_permissions: "{{ topic_permissions|default([]) + [{'vhost': vhost, 'write_priv': item}] }}"
+    topic_permissions: "{{ topic_permissions|default([]) + [{'vhost': vhost, 'read_priv': '.*', 'write_priv': item}] }}"
   loop: "{{ sent_topics }}"
   tags:
     - config