diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-automated-pushes.cron.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-automated-pushes.cron.j2
index fd83ee60ae..dbe49b71e0 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-automated-pushes.cron.j2
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/bodhi-automated-pushes.cron.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+MAILTO=sysadmin-releng-members
 {% if RelEngFrozen %}
 {{ '#' }}00 00 * * * apache /usr/local/bin/bodhi-automated-pushes.py
 {% else %}