diff --git a/roles/pdc/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pdc/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 1f6d7a97ff..e5b3b621a1 100644
--- a/roles/pdc/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pdc/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
   notify: restart fedmsg-hub
   tags: pdc
 
+- name: copy client tool configuration
+  template: >
+    src={{ item }} dest=/etc/pdc.d/{{item}}
+    owner=fedmsg group=fedmsg mode=0600
+  with_items:
+  - fedora.json
+  tags: pdc
+
 - name: setup cron for a daily audit script
   copy: src=pdc-audit.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/pdc-audit.cron mode=0755
   tags:
diff --git a/roles/pdc/backend/templates/fedora.json b/roles/pdc/backend/templates/fedora.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83171f58db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/pdc/backend/templates/fedora.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{                                                            
+    "fedora": {                                              
+        "develop": false,                                    
+        "insecure": false,                                   
+
+        {% if env == 'staging' %}
+        "host": "https://pdc.stg.fedoraproject.org/rest_api/v1/",
+        "token": "{{pdc_updater_api_token_stg }}"
+        {% else %}
+        "host": "https://pdc.fedoraproject.org/rest_api/v1/",
+        'token': '{{pdc_updater_api_token_prod }}'
+        {% endif %}
+    }                                                        
+}