diff --git a/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
index 4a5757ac5f..09577ff55a 100644
--- a/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/badges-backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   - python-psycopg2
   - python-sqlalchemy0.8
   - git
+  - python-dogpile-cache
   tags:
   - packages
 
diff --git a/roles/badges-backend/templates/badges-awarder.py b/roles/badges-backend/templates/badges-awarder.py
index 8c4fd7ebb9..22691a3467 100644
--- a/roles/badges-backend/templates/badges-awarder.py
+++ b/roles/badges-backend/templates/badges-awarder.py
@@ -29,4 +29,16 @@ config = {
         "username": "{{fedoraDummyUser}}",
         "password": "{{fedoraDummyUserPassword}}",
     },
+
+    # Stuff used for caching packagedb relations.
+    "fmn.rules.utils.use_pkgdb2": False,
+    "fmn.rules.utils.pkgdb_url": "https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb",
+    #"fmn.rules.utils.pkgdb_url": "http://209.132.184.188/api/",
+    "fmn.rules.cache": {
+        "backend": "dogpile.cache.dbm",
+        "expiration_time": 300,
+        "arguments": {
+            "filename": "/var/tmp/fmn-cache.dbm",
+        },
+    },
 }