diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index 8bc7daf72b..cf4d090a6e 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
 - name: create the gen-acls user
   user: name=gen-acls comment="dummy system account for the gen-acls fedmsg job"
-        uid=417 group=gen-acls shell=/bin/bash home=/srv/git
+        uid=417 group=gen-acls groups=packager shell=/bin/bash home=/srv/git
 
 - name: create the /etc/gitolite/conf directory
   file: path=/etc/gitolite/conf owner=gen-acls group=gen-acls state=directory mode=0755