diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all b/inventory/group_vars/all
index 4c79daf22e..5a2061afa4 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ nrpe_check_postfix_queue_crit: 5
 # env is staging or production, we default it to production here.
 env: production
 env_suffix:
+env_short: prod
 
 # nfs mount options, override at the group/host level
 nfs_mount_opts: "ro,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=3"
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/staging b/inventory/group_vars/staging
index 978c4023f0..cede6baabd 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/staging
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/staging
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 freezes: false
 env: staging
 env_suffix: .stg
+env_short: stg
 host_group: staging
 
 # This is the wildcard certname for our stg proxies.