diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/sundries b/inventory/group_vars/sundries
index f5c54166e8..8d5004840e 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/sundries
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/sundries
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,fi-apprentice,sysadmin-web,sysadmin-veteran,sysa
 # This gets overridden by whichever node we want to run special cronjobs.
 master_sundries_node: False
 
+deployment_type:prod
+
 # A host group for rsync config
 rsync_group: sundries
 
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/sundries_stg b/inventory/group_vars/sundries_stg
index ffcede38ac..cf4e0b15c3 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/sundries_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/sundries_stg
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,fi-apprentice,sysadmin-web,sysadmin-veteran,sysa
 # This gets overridden by whichever node we want to run special cronjobs.
 master_sundries_node: False
 
+deployment_type: stg
+
 # A host group for rsync config
 rsync_group: sundries-stg