diff --git a/roles/varnish/templates/kojipkgs.vcl.j2 b/roles/varnish/templates/kojipkgs.vcl.j2
index 9bce0d88a9..8595713bb7 100644
--- a/roles/varnish/templates/kojipkgs.vcl.j2
+++ b/roles/varnish/templates/kojipkgs.vcl.j2
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ sub vcl_recv {
     if (req.url ~ "^/mass-rebuild/") {
         return (pipe);
     }
+    if (req.url ~ "/repomd.xml") {
+        return (pipe);
+    }
 
     # Rewrite toplink URLs to improve cache hit ratio
     # See: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/7383