diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 480e4ddb7c..5fd47a63e5 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@
   - packages
   - bodhi
 
+# koji ssl cert for owner sync jobs below
+#
+
+- name: copy koji ssl cert for owner sync
+  copy: src="{{ puppet_private }}/pkgdb_key_and_cert.pem" dest=/etc/pki/pkgdb/pkgdb.pem mode=600
+  tags:
+  - config
 
 #
 # cron job that syncs packages to koji