diff --git a/playbooks/groups/resultsdb-prod.yml b/playbooks/groups/resultsdb-prod.yml
index 8057333feb..062be0c53b 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/resultsdb-prod.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/resultsdb-prod.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
    - { role: sudo, tags: ['sudo'] }
    - role: openvpn/client
    - apache
+   - fedmsg/base
 
   tasks:
   # this is how you include other task lists
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
 
   roles:
+   - { role: taskotron/resultsdb-fedmsg, tags: ['resultsdb-fedmsg']}
    - { role: taskotron/resultsdb-backend, tags: ['resultsdb-be'] }
    - { role: taskotron/resultsdb-frontend, tags: ['resultsdb-fe'] }
    - { role: taskotron/execdb, tags: ['execdb'] }