diff --git a/playbooks/groups/notifs-backend.yml b/playbooks/groups/notifs-backend.yml
index b0cba1ef5e..f7f7752c46 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/notifs-backend.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/notifs-backend.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
   #- { role: openvpn/client,
   #    when: env != "staging" }
   - ipa/client
-    #- { role: keytab/service,
-    #  owner_user: daemon,
-    #  owner_group: daemon,
-    #  service: fmn-backend@1,
-    #  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('notifs-backend02.iad2') }
+  - { role: keytab/service,
+    owner_user: daemon,
+    owner_group: daemon,
+    service: fmn-backend@1,
+    when: inventory_hostname.startswith('notifs-backend02.iad2') or env == "staging" }
   - nagios_client
   - collectd/base
   - fedmsg/base