diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 24946b6a5f..04dcc8dab5 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -300,3 +300,8 @@
   - config
   - bodhi
   - atomic
+
+- name: ensure apache is disabled on the backend
+  service: name=httpd enabled=no state=stopped
+  tags:
+  - bodhi