diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/badges-backend b/inventory/group_vars/badges-backend
index 4862b5f9ec..3acb108bff 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/badges-backend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/badges-backend
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ tcp_ports: [ 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003,
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-badges
 
+# These people get told when something goes wrong.
+fedmsg_error_recipients:
+- sysadmin-badges-members@fedoraproject.org
+
+
 # These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
 fedmsg_certs:
 - service: shell
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/badges-backend-stg b/inventory/group_vars/badges-backend-stg
index 112af78d7c..aa992a2063 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/badges-backend-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/badges-backend-stg
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ tcp_ports: [ 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003,
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-badges
 
+# These people get told when something goes wrong.
+fedmsg_error_recipients:
+- sysadmin-badges-members@fedoraproject.org
+
 # These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
 fedmsg_certs:
 - service: shell