diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/packages b/inventory/group_vars/packages
index c3497d7b21..8ff168b873 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/packages
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/packages
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ num_cpus: 2
 # the host_vars/$hostname file
 
 tcp_ports: [ 80, 443,
+    # This is for glusterd
+    6996,
     # These 16 ports are used by fedmsg.  One for each wsgi thread.
     3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007,
     3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015]