diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/tasks/main.yml
index 1c995c69fe..d434371f94 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/tasks/main.yml
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@
   tags:
   - fedmsg/gateway
   - fedmsg/gateway/slave
+
+- name: start it
+  service: name=fedmsg-gateway state=started enabled=yes
+  tags:
+  - fedmsg/gateway
+  - fedmsg/gateway/slave