diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index 8c62aafaee..73804af73f 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@
     action: nagios action=downtime minutes=30 service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}
     delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
     ignore_errors: true
+    when: not ansible_domain.startswith('stg')
+
+  - name: schedule host downtime
+    action: nagios action=downtime minutes=30 service=host host={{ inventory_hostname_short }}.stg
+    delegate_to: noc01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+    ignore_errors: true
+    when: ansible_domain.startswith('stg')
 
   - name: halt the instances - to poweroff
     action: command /sbin/halt -p