diff --git a/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
index 0ac06e1d82..e281e5d5d6 100644
--- a/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
@@ -350,3 +350,9 @@
   - koji_builder
   - koji_builder/rngd
   when: ansible_architecture != 's390x' and ansible_architecture != 'ppc64le'
+
+- name: disable systemd-oomd we do not need or want it
+  service: name=systemd-oomd state=stopped enabled=no
+  tags:
+  - koji_builder
+  - koji_builder/oomd