diff --git a/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/tasks/main.yml
index 09ca4b744c..4e040cf1eb 100644
--- a/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rabbitmq_cluster/tasks/main.yml
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@
     user: nagios-monitoring
     password: "{{ rabbitmq_monitoring_password_staging }}"
     update_password: always
+    permissions:
+      - vhost: /pubsub
+        configure_priv: "^$"
+        read_priv: "^$"
+        write_priv: "^$"
+      - vhost: /public_pubsub
+        configure_priv: "^$"
+        read_priv: "^$"
+        write_priv: "^$"
     tags: monitoring
   when: env == "staging" and inventory_hostname.startswith('rabbitmq01')
   tags:
@@ -140,6 +149,15 @@
     user: nagios-monitoring
     password: "{{ rabbitmq_monitoring_password_production }}"
     update_password: always
+    permissions:
+      - vhost: /pubsub
+        configure_priv: "^$"
+        read_priv: "^$"
+        write_priv: "^$"
+      - vhost: /public_pubsub
+        configure_priv: "^$"
+        read_priv: "^$"
+        write_priv: "^$"
     tags: monitoring
   when: env == "production" and inventory_hostname.startswith('rabbitmq01')
   tags: