diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/mbs_backend b/inventory/group_vars/mbs_backend
index 74e273fae0..c5ebc9edb6 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/mbs_backend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/mbs_backend
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ csi_relationship: |
 mbs_broker_url: "amqps://mbs{{ env_suffix }}@rabbitmq{{ env_suffix }}.fedoraproject.org/%2Fmbs"
 mbs_num_workers: 3
 mbs_systemd_wait_for_rabbitmq: true
+mbs_frontend: false
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/mbs_backend_stg b/inventory/group_vars/mbs_backend_stg
index 97e3afa5ca..0684585acd 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/mbs_backend_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/mbs_backend_stg
@@ -51,3 +51,4 @@ csi_relationship: |
 mbs_broker_url: "amqps://mbs{{ env_suffix }}@rabbitmq{{ env_suffix }}.fedoraproject.org/%2Fmbs"
 mbs_num_workers: 3
 mbs_systemd_wait_for_rabbitmq: true
+mbs_frontend: false
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/mbs_frontend b/inventory/group_vars/mbs_frontend
index 84c1c5d319..d3d35ebf48 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/mbs_frontend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/mbs_frontend
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@ csi_relationship: |
 
 mbs_broker_url: ""
 mbs_num_workers: 3
+mbs_frontend: true
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/mbs_frontend_stg b/inventory/group_vars/mbs_frontend_stg
index 490ed9a651..1104a3c91b 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/mbs_frontend_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/mbs_frontend_stg
@@ -55,3 +55,4 @@ csi_relationship: |
 
 mbs_broker_url: ""
 mbs_num_workers: 3
+mbs_frontend: true