diff --git a/roles/distgit/files/genacls.cron b/roles/distgit/files/genacls.cron
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91a657ab5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/distgit/files/genacls.cron
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+02 10 * * * root /usr/local/bin/genacls.sh
diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index d890b73242..1349628cec 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@
     - genacls.pkgdb
     - genacls.sh
 
+ - name: Add the genacl daily cron job
+   copy: src=genacls.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/genacls.cron
+         owner=root mode=644
+   tags:
+   - config
+   - distgit
+
 - name: install the fedmsg configuration
   copy: src=fedmsg-genacls-config.py dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/genacls.py owner=root group=root mode=0644