diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2 b/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
index 65bfee828d..214fad3651 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ with_src=no
 
 ; prevent kojira from flooding the build system with newRepo tasks
 max_repo_tasks=15
+repo_tasks_limit=15
 
 ; Server certificate authority
 krb_rdns=false