diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/tasks/main.yml
index f9906bea45..86bece4d6c 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     group=nrpe
     state=file
   ignore_errors: true
+  tags:
+  - fedmsgmonitor
 
 - name: enable on boot and start fedmsg-gateway
   service: name=fedmsg-gateway state=started enabled=true
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml
index abef61cea9..6ef4138c1f 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/hub/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@
     group=nrpe
     state=file
   ignore_errors: true
+  tags:
+  - fedmsgmonitor
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/irc/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/irc/tasks/main.yml
index 5854fb922f..cd1ba59cbc 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/irc/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/irc/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
     group=nrpe
     state=file
   ignore_errors: true
+  tags:
+  - fedmsgmonitor
 
 - name: enable on boot and start fedmsg-irc
   service: name=fedmsg-irc state=started enabled=true
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/relay/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/relay/tasks/main.yml
index e01a058207..b0de6f5e5b 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/relay/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/relay/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
     group=nrpe
     state=file
   ignore_errors: true
+  tags:
+  - fedmsgmonitor
 
 - name: enable on boot and start fedmsg-relay
   service: name=fedmsg-relay state=started enabled=true