diff --git a/playbooks/groups/bodhi-backend.yml b/playbooks/groups/bodhi-backend.yml
index 34b37ddac4..e1a009c824 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/bodhi-backend.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/bodhi-backend.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   roles:
   - base
   - nagios_client
+  - {role: zabbix/zabbix_agent, when: env == "staging"}
   - collectd/base
   - hosts
   - ipa/client