diff --git a/playbooks/groups/taskotron.yml b/playbooks/groups/taskotron.yml
index 8c44ee8017..6a241ff228 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/taskotron.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/taskotron.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
    - { role: openvpn/client,
        when: deployment_type == "prod", tags: ['openvpn_client'] }
    - apache
+   - { role: fedmsg/base }
 
   tasks:
   # this is how you include other task lists