diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
index 8c709305b5..f7a2e156de 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/deploymentconfig.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@ items:
         - name: bodhi-web
           image: bodhi-base:latest
           command: ["bash"]
+          {% if env == "staging" %}
+          args: ["gunicorn", "--paste", "/etc/bodhi/production.ini"]
+          {% else %}
           args: ["/etc/bodhi/start.sh"]
+          {% endif %}
           ports:
           - containerPort: 8080
           resources: {}
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/dockerfile-base b/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/dockerfile-base
index c01e7f1572..300cdaa830 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/dockerfile-base
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/dockerfile-base
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ RUN dnf install -y \
     python3-koji                \
     python3-librepo             \
     python3-mod_wsgi            \
+    python3-gunicorn            \
     koji && \
     dnf clean all