diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/mirrorlist2-stg b/inventory/group_vars/mirrorlist2-stg
index c955c26746..8e42b4f5e8 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/mirrorlist2-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/mirrorlist2-stg
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ num_cpus: 4
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file
 
-custom_rules: [ '-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 192.168.0.0/16 --dport 80 -j ACCEPT', '-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 10.5.126.0/24 --dport 80 -j ACCEPT' ]
+custom_rules: [ '-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 192.168.0.0/16 --dport 80 -j ACCEPT', 
+                '-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 10.5.126.0/24 --dport 80 -j ACCEPT',
+                '-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 10.5.126.0/24 --dport 443 -j ACCEPT' ]
+
 collectd_apache: true
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,fi-apprentice,sysadmin-web
 nrpe_procs_warn: 500
diff --git a/roles/hosts/files/staging-hosts b/roles/hosts/files/staging-hosts
index a4483b2570..55eec0d0f2 100644
--- a/roles/hosts/files/staging-hosts
+++ b/roles/hosts/files/staging-hosts
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 10.5.126.204    db01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org db-ask db-elections db-koji01 db-datanommer db-datanommer01 db-datanommer02 db-datanommer02.phx2.fedoraproject.org db-github2fedmsg db-fedocal tagger_db db-pkgdb2 db-summershum db-tahrir nuancier_db db-notifs db-blockerbugs db-kerneltest
 10.5.126.86     fas01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org fas01.phx2.fedoraproject.org fas1 fas2 fas01 fas02 fas03 fas-all
 10.5.126.87     koji01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org koji.stg.fedoraproject.org koji01 kojipkgs kojipkgs.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org kojipkgs.stg.fedoraproject.org
+10.5.126.178    mirrorlist-phx2.stg.fedoraproject.org