diff --git a/roles/mbs/common/files/default-modules.staging/platform-el8-playground.yaml b/roles/mbs/common/files/default-modules.staging/platform-el8-playground.yaml
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index 0000000000..f5f214c0d2
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+++ b/roles/mbs/common/files/default-modules.staging/platform-el8-playground.yaml
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+document: modulemd
+version: 1
+data:
+  name: platform
+  stream: el8-playground
+  version: 1
+  context: 00000000
+  summary: EPEL 8 playground base
+  description: EPEL 8 playground base
+  license:
+    module: [MIT]
+  profiles:
+    buildroot:
+      rpms: [bash, bzip2, coreutils, cpio, diffutils, epel-release, epel-rpm-macros, fedpkg-minimal, findutils, gawk, gcc, gcc-c++, grep, gzip, info, make, patch, redhat-release, redhat-release-everything, redhat-release-server, redhat-rpm-config, rpm-build, sed, shadow-utils, tar, unzip, util-linux, util-linux-ng, which, xz]
+    srpm-buildroot:
+      rpms: [bash, epel-release, epel-rpm-macros, fedpkg-minimal, git, gnupg, make, redhat-release, redhat-release-everything, redhat-release-server, redhat-rpm-config, rpm-build, shadow-utils]
+  xmd:
+    mbs:
+      buildrequires: {}
+      commit: el8
+      requires: {}
+      koji_tag: module-el8-playground-build
+      mse: TRUE
+      default_modules_scm_url: https://pagure.io/modularity/fedora-stg-module-defaults.git
+      use_default_modules: TRUE
diff --git a/roles/mbs/common/files/default-modules.staging/platform-el8.yaml b/roles/mbs/common/files/default-modules.staging/platform-el8.yaml
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index 0000000000..df02347a11
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+++ b/roles/mbs/common/files/default-modules.staging/platform-el8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+document: modulemd
+version: 1
+data:
+  name: platform
+  stream: el8
+  version: 1
+  context: 00000000
+  summary: EPEL 8 base
+  description: EPEL 8 base
+  license:
+    module: [MIT]
+  profiles:
+    buildroot:
+      rpms: [bash, bzip2, coreutils, cpio, diffutils, epel-release, epel-rpm-macros, fedpkg-minimal, findutils, gawk, gcc, gcc-c++, grep, gzip, info, make, patch, redhat-release, redhat-release-everything, redhat-release-server, redhat-rpm-config, rpm-build, sed, shadow-utils, tar, unzip, util-linux, util-linux-ng, which, xz]
+    srpm-buildroot:
+      rpms: [bash, epel-release, epel-rpm-macros, fedpkg-minimal, git, gnupg, make, redhat-release, redhat-release-everything, redhat-release-server, redhat-rpm-config, rpm-build, shadow-utils]
+  xmd:
+    mbs:
+      buildrequires: {}
+      commit: el8
+      requires: {}
+      koji_tag: module-el8-build
+      mse: TRUE
+      default_modules_scm_url: https://pagure.io/modularity/fedora-stg-module-defaults.git
+      use_default_modules: TRUE