diff --git a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/ci.master.cfg.j2 b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/ci.master.cfg.j2
index d903dd0e7d..e3a968fb2b 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/ci.master.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/taskotron/buildmaster-configure/templates/ci.master.cfg.j2
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ authz_cfg=authz.Authz(
     pingBuilder = False,
     stopBuild = False,
     stopAllBuilds = False,
-    cancelPendingBuild = False,
+    cancelPendingBuild = 'auth',
 )
 c['status'].append(html.WebStatus(http_port=8080, authz=authz_cfg,
                                     change_hook_dialects={'base':True}))