diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index f50b252cab..4768231686 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -413,6 +413,11 @@
   tags:
   - bodhi
 
+- name: ensure fedmsg-hub is enabled and started on the backend
+  service: name=fedmsg-hub enabled=yes state=started
+  tags:
+  - bodhi
+
 #- name: have apache own /mnt/koji/mash/updates
 #  file: path=/mnt/koji/mash/updates state=directory recurse=yes owner=apache group=apache
 #  tags: