diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg b/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg
index 5da9ad0a7e..063674215e 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/templates/pagure.cfg
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@ BLACKLISTED_GROUPS = ['forks', 'group']
 PROJECT_NAME_REGEX = '^[a-zA-z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9-_\.+]*$'
 
 {% if env == "staging" %}
+ALLOW_HTTP_PUSH = True
+
 # repoSpanner setup
 
 # For now, repoSpanner is enabled on a per-repo basis