diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-apps/mdapi.yml b/playbooks/openshift-apps/mdapi.yml
index 850c8d161c..be733f5313 100644
--- a/playbooks/openshift-apps/mdapi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-apps/mdapi.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
     app: mdapi
     file: cron.yml
     objectname: cron.yml
+    tags:
+      - cron-job
 
   - role: openshift/start-build
     app: mdapi