diff --git a/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-fedmsg b/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-fedmsg
index 3545be2e3b..c87ea6ef3d 100755
--- a/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-fedmsg
+++ b/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-fedmsg
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ def build_stats(commit):
 
 seen = []
 
+
+def getlogin():
+    try:
+        return os.getlogin()
+    except:
+        return os.environ['USER']
+
 # Read in all the rev information git-receive-pack hands us.
 lines = [line.split() for line in sys.stdin.readlines()]
 for line in lines: