diff --git a/roles/fedora-web/main/files/mattdm-google-validate.conf b/roles/fedora-web/main/files/mattdm-google-validate.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02c9ec7041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/fedora-web/main/files/mattdm-google-validate.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Alias /google4ddeb43aa58b0de1.html /srv/web/google4ddeb43aa58b0de1.html
diff --git a/roles/fedora-web/main/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedora-web/main/tasks/main.yml
index 6214408466..9889129227 100644
--- a/roles/fedora-web/main/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedora-web/main/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@
   - hotspot.conf
   - expires.conf
   - deflate.conf
+  - mattdm-google-validate.conf
   notify:
   - reload proxyhttpd
   tags:
   - fedora-web
   - fedora-web/main
   - fedora-web/hotspot
+  - fedora-web/google-site-verification
 
 - name: And one template (for {{website}})
   template: >
@@ -44,6 +46,17 @@
   - fedora-web/main
   - fedora-web/hotspot
 
+# create google validation for mattdm. See https://pagure.io/fedora-websites/issue/729
+
+- name: Create a file for google validation
+  copy: dest=/srv/web/google4ddeb43aa58b0de1.html content="google-site-verification: google4ddeb43aa58b0de1.html"
+        owner=root group=root mode=0644
+        setype=httpd_sys_content_t
+  tags:
+  - fedora-web
+  - fedora-web/main
+  - fedora-web/google-site-verification
+
 - name: And, copy over a template for browserid
   template: >
     src=browserid.fedoraproject.org dest=/srv/web/browserid.fedoraproject.org