diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2 b/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2
index b9eaa6876f..1d30cac280 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.fp.j2
@@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ $wgOpenIDConnectAPI_Issuer = 'https://id{{ env_suffix }}.fedoraproject.org/openi
 $wgOpenIDConnectAPI_TokenInfoURL = "https://id{{ env_suffix }}.fedoraproject.org/openidc/TokenInfo";
 $wgOpenIDConnectAPI_TokenScope = "https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/api";
 
+# Badges DSN to talk to tahrir db (readonly user)
+$wgFedoraBadgesDSN = 'pgsql:host=db01;port=5432;dbname=tahrir;user={{tahrir_ro_user}};password={{tahrir_ro_pass}}';
+
 # Fixed for OIDC redirect url generation
 {% if env == "staging" %}
 $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = 'stg.fedoraproject.org';