diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/busgateway b/inventory/group_vars/busgateway
index c19172c6a2..1bc5320d8e 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/busgateway
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/busgateway
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ tcp_ports: [
     3999,  # The fedmsg-relay republishes here.  Listeners need to connect.
     9941,  # The fedmsg-relay listens here.  Ephemeral producers connect.
     9940,  # The fedmsg-gateway republishes here.  Proxies need to connect.
+    9919,  # The websocket server publishes here.  Proxies need to connect.
 ]
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-datanommer
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/busgateway-stg b/inventory/group_vars/busgateway-stg
index af3a8c4d38..a52f947b2e 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/busgateway-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/busgateway-stg
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ tcp_ports: [
     3999,  # The fedmsg-relay republishes here.  Listeners need to connect.
     9941,  # The fedmsg-relay listens here.  Ephemeral producers connect.
     9940,  # The fedmsg-gateway republishes here.  Proxies need to connect.
+    9919,  # The websocket server publishes here.  Proxies need to connect.
 ]
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-datanommer
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/busgateway.yml b/playbooks/groups/busgateway.yml
index 53f1656c30..51727ec131 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/busgateway.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/busgateway.yml
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@
   accelerate: "{{ accelerated }}"
 
   roles:
-  - fedmsg/hub
-  - fedmsg/datanommer
+  - role: fedmsg/hub
+    enable_websocket_server: True
+  #- fedmsg/datanommer
   - fedmsg/relay
   - fedmsg/gateway
   - role: collectd/fedmsg-service
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/hub/files/websockets.py b/roles/fedmsg/hub/files/websockets.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7f627af0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/hub/files/websockets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+config = {
+    # The presence of this will cause fedmsg-hub to start its own websocket
+    # server along with it.
+    'moksha.livesocket.websocket.port': 9919,
+}
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml
index 975ae2af41..f6f22a2c2f 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,11 @@
 
 - name: fedmsg-hub service
   service: name=fedmsg-hub state=started enabled=yes
+
+- name: enable the websocket server if we should
+  copy: src=websockets.py dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/websockets.py
+  when: enable_websocket_server
+
+- name: disable the websocket server if we should..
+  file: dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/websockets.py state=absent
+  when: not enable_websocket_server