diff --git a/roles/jenkins/master/files/config.xml b/roles/jenkins/master/files/config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cc7ab765b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/jenkins/master/files/config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<hudson>
+  <disabledAdministrativeMonitors/>
+  <version>1.0</version>
+  <numExecutors>2</numExecutors>
+  <mode>NORMAL</mode>
+  <useSecurity>true</useSecurity>
+  <authorizationStrategy class="hudson.security.FullControlOnceLoggedInAuthorizationStrategy"/>
+  <securityRealm class="hudson.plugins.openid.OpenIdSsoSecurityRealm" plugin="openid@2.1.1">
+    <endpoint>http://id.fedoraproject.org/</endpoint>
+  </securityRealm>
+  <disableRememberMe>true</disableRememberMe>
+  <projectNamingStrategy class="jenkins.model.ProjectNamingStrategy$DefaultProjectNamingStrategy"/>
+  <workspaceDir>${ITEM_ROOTDIR}/workspace</workspaceDir>
+  <buildsDir>${ITEM_ROOTDIR}/builds</buildsDir>
+  <markupFormatter class="hudson.markup.EscapedMarkupFormatter"/>
+  <jdks/>
+  <viewsTabBar class="hudson.views.DefaultViewsTabBar"/>
+  <myViewsTabBar class="hudson.views.DefaultMyViewsTabBar"/>
+  <clouds/>
+  <scmCheckoutRetryCount>0</scmCheckoutRetryCount>
+  <views>
+    <hudson.model.AllView>
+      <owner class="hudson" reference="../../.."/>
+      <name>All</name>
+      <filterExecutors>false</filterExecutors>
+      <filterQueue>false</filterQueue>
+      <properties class="hudson.model.View$PropertyList"/>
+    </hudson.model.AllView>
+  </views>
+  <primaryView>All</primaryView>
+  <slaveAgentPort>0</slaveAgentPort>
+  <label></label>
+  <nodeProperties/>
+  <globalNodeProperties/>
+</hudson>
diff --git a/roles/jenkins/master/tasks/main.yml b/roles/jenkins/master/tasks/main.yml
index 6fffaf30e4..b6f1e29315 100644
--- a/roles/jenkins/master/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/jenkins/master/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   - jenkins/master
   - packages
 
-- name: install jenkins config file
+- name: install jenkins launcher config file
   copy: >
     src="jenkins.conf"
     dest="/etc/sysconfig/jenkins"
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@
   - jenkins/master
   - config
 
+- name: install main jenkins config file
+  copy: >
+    src="config.xml"
+    dest="/var/lib/jenkins/config.xml"
+  notify:
+  - restart jenkins
+  tags:
+  - jenkins
+  - jenkins/master
+  - config
+
 - name: install private ssh key
   action: copy src="{{ private }}/files/jenkins/ssh/jenkins_master" dest=/etc/jenkins/id_rsa mode=400 owner=jenkins group=jenkins
   tags: