diff --git a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/bodhi.yml
index 5e63ada6d2..346982242e 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/bodhi.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
       owner=postgres group=postgres
   - command: unxz /var/tmp/bodhi2.dump.xz
              creates=/var/tmp/bodhi2.dump
+  - command: sed -i "s/CREATE DATABASE bodhi2/SET LOCAL bdr.permit_ddl_locking = true;/" /var/tmp/bodhi2.dump
   - shell: >
       psql bodhi2 <<< "
       BEGIN;