diff --git a/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml
index d7ecb0437e..d1807900e6 100644
--- a/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@
   - mbs
   - mbs/common
 
+- name: copy fedmsg configuration
+  template: >
+    src=mbs-fedmsg.py dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/mbs-fedmsg.py
+    owner=root group=fedmsg mode=0644
+  notify:
+  - restart apache
+  - restart fedmsg-hub
+  tags:
+  - mbs
+  - mbs/common
+
 - name: copy client secrets
   template: >
     src=client_secrets.json.{{env}} dest=/etc/module-build-service/client_secrets.json
diff --git a/roles/mbs/common/templates/mbs-fedmsg.py b/roles/mbs/common/templates/mbs-fedmsg.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..709fd2cb98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mbs/common/templates/mbs-fedmsg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+config = {
+    # So that the MBS can find it's cert in /etc/fedmsg.d/ssl.py
+    'name': 'mbs',
+}