diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/bodhi2 b/inventory/group_vars/bodhi2
index 948dd64a57..f0f3ce1944 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/bodhi2
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/bodhi2
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ wsgi_fedmsg_service: bodhi
 wsgi_procs: 4
 wsgi_threads: 15
 
+# Temporary workaround for https://github.com/fedora-infra/bodhi/issues/1470
+fedmsg_active: True
+
 tcp_ports: [ 80 ]
 
 # Neeed for rsync from log01 for logs.