diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml
index 06f7cdca9a..9a715318d3 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-trigger/tasks/main.yml
@@ -47,5 +47,12 @@
     user=fedmsg
     job="wget -O {{ trigger_critpath_file }} https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/api/critpath?format=json"
 
+- name: create a cronjob to clear distgit cache
+  cron:
+    name="clear distgit cache"
+    special_time=daily
+    user=fedmsg
+    job="tmpwatch -vv --dirmtime -m -f 12h {{ trigger_cache_dir }}"
+
 - name: start and enable fedmsg-hub service
   service: name=fedmsg-hub enabled=yes state=started