diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2 b/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
index 214fad3651..a035c69184 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
@@ -32,3 +32,8 @@ repo_tasks_limit=15
 ; Server certificate authority
 krb_rdns=false
 serverca = /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem
+
+;how soon (in seconds) to clean up dist repositories.
+;we want this super long so we don't delete latest repos
+;just set this to 6 months for now.
+dist_repo_lifetime = 7257600