diff --git a/roles/tagger/files/cron-tagger-remove-retired b/roles/tagger/files/cron-tagger-remove-retired
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03c9720fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/tagger/files/cron-tagger-remove-retired
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Pull in new packages from koji and pkgdb every other hour at 19 minutes past.
+49 */2 * * * apache FEDORATAGGER_CONFIG=/etc/fedoratagger/fedoratagger.cfg /usr/bin/fedoratagger-remove-pkgs -s Retired >> /var/log/fedoratagger.log 2>&1
diff --git a/roles/tagger/tasks/main.yml b/roles/tagger/tasks/main.yml
index fa330fce0a..5de5a58869 100644
--- a/roles/tagger/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/tagger/tasks/main.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
   - config
   when: logstat.rc == 1
 
-- name: setup the cronjob
+- name: setup the update-with-new-packages cronjob
   copy: >
     src=cron-tagger-update-db
     dest=/etc/cron.d/cron-tagger-update-db
@@ -85,3 +85,12 @@
   - cron
   - config
   when: install_tagger_cron
+
+- name: setup the remove-old-and-crusty-packages cronjob
+  copy: >
+    src=cron-tagger-remove-retired
+    dest=/etc/cron.d/cron-tagger-remove-retired
+  tags:
+  - cron
+  - config
+  when: install_tagger_cron