diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/bodhi-backend b/inventory/group_vars/bodhi-backend
index cd723dd986..796c058f2f 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/bodhi-backend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/bodhi-backend
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ nrpe_procs_crit: 1000
 
 host_group: releng
 
+# These people get told when something goes wrong.
+fedmsg_error_recipients:
+- bodhiadmin-members@fedoraproject.org
+
 ## XXX -- note that the fedmsg_certs declaration does not happen here, but
 # happens instead at the inventory/host_vars/ level since bodhi-backend01 and
 # bodhi-backend02 have different roles and responsibilities.
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/bodhi-backend-stg b/inventory/group_vars/bodhi-backend-stg
index 03215dd64d..a4f772395d 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/bodhi-backend-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/bodhi-backend-stg
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ nrpe_procs_crit: 1000
 
 host_group: releng
 
+# These people get told when something goes wrong.
+fedmsg_error_recipients:
+- bodhiadmin-members@fedoraproject.org
+
 # These set a config value in /etc/fedmsg.d/, see roles/bodhi2/base/
 # They are both true for the single bodhi-backend node in stg.
 bodhi_masher_enabled: True