diff --git a/roles/openqa/dispatcher/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/dispatcher/tasks/main.yml
index 5a4f334085..da87403149 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/dispatcher/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/dispatcher/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 ##      bool - whether to enable the fedmsg consumer and run whenever
 ##             a compose completes
 ##      default - true
+# - external_hostname
+##       string - The public hostname of the openQA server (used in ResultsDB links)
+##       default - ansible_nodename
 #
 # Optional vars
 # - wikitcms_user
@@ -21,9 +24,10 @@
 # deployment_type is set to 'prod', results will be submitted to the
 # production wiki in response to openQA production 'job complete'
 # fedmsgs; if set to 'stg', results will be submitted to the staging
-# wiki in response to openQA staging 'job complete' fedmsgs. You
-# probably should NOT set these unless you're maintaining the Fedora
-# infrastructure deployments.
+# wiki in response to openQA staging 'job complete' fedmsgs. Result
+# reporting to ResultsDB will also be enabled for the production
+# deployment. You probably should NOT set these unless you're
+# maintaining the Fedora infrastructure deployments.
 #
 # NOTE: There are still currently a couple of assumptions that the
 # openQA server boxes will always act as their own dispatchers, but
diff --git a/roles/openqa/dispatcher/templates/schedule.conf.j2 b/roles/openqa/dispatcher/templates/schedule.conf.j2
index 6b7156c5bf..b7fdf2e060 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/dispatcher/templates/schedule.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/openqa/dispatcher/templates/schedule.conf.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 [report]
-submit_resultsdb: false
+openqa_url: {{ external_hostname|default(ansible_nodename) }}
 {% if wikitcms_user is defined and wikitcms_password is defined %}
 submit_wiki: true
+submit_resultsdb: true
 {% else %}
 submit_wiki: false
+submit_resultsdb: false
 {% endif %}