diff --git a/roles/anitya/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/anitya/backend/tasks/main.yml
index f515bc6771..7b917f44bb 100644
--- a/roles/anitya/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/anitya/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -102,3 +102,11 @@
   - config
   - anitya_backend
 
+- name: Install the cron job
+  template: src={{ item.file }}
+            dest={{ item.location }}/{{ item.file }}
+  with_items:
+  - { file: 'anitya.cron', location: /etc/cron.d }
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - anitya_backend