diff --git a/roles/mailman/files/mailman-template-users-list-user-notice-hold.txt b/roles/mailman/files/mailman-template-users-list-user-notice-hold.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eadc4a7216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mailman/files/mailman-template-users-list-user-notice-hold.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+Your mail to '$listname' with the subject
+
+    $subject
+
+Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval.
+
+The message is being held because:
+
+$reasons
+
+Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive
+notification of the moderator's decision.
+
+NOTE: If your message has been held due to size, please consider
+this a rejection and a friendly request to reduce the size and
+resend.  The list moderators will not approve such messages.
+
+If you are attaching logs or command output, please trim it to a
+minimal amount (we can ask for more context, if needed).
+
+If you are attaching an image, please crop it to reduce their size.
+
+Also keep in mind that attachments will be encoded by your mail
+client (usually via base64) and this encoding increases the size by
+as much as 33%.
diff --git a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
index 6c8ca5cef0..33bbfa9f49 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
@@ -235,6 +235,20 @@
   - config
   - mailman
 
+- name: Create lists/users.lists.fedoraproject.org/en template dir
+  file: state=directory path=/var/lib/mailman3/templates/lists/users.lists.fedoraproject.org/en
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - mailman
+
+- name: set list:user:notice:hold template for users list
+  copy: src=mailman-template-users-list-user-notice-hold.txt
+        dest=/var/lib/mailman3/templates/lists/users.lists.fedoraproject.org/en/list:user:notice:hold.txt
+        owner=mailman group=mailman mode=0644
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - mailman
+
 #
 # Crontab
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