diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/mbs.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/mbs.yml
index 40707d03b2..40c37cd88f 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/mbs.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/mbs.yml
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
     when: not testing
     with_items:
     - module-build-service
-    - python-modulemd
+    - libmodulemd
   - name: yum update mbs packages from testing repo
     yum: name={{item}} state=latest enablerepo=infrastructure-tags-stg
     when: testing
     with_items:
     - module-build-service
-    - python-modulemd
+    - libmodulemd
 
 - name: push packages out to backend
   hosts: mbs-backend:mbs-backend-stg
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
     when: not testing
     with_items:
     - module-build-service
-    - python-modulemd
+    - libmodulemd
   - name: yum update mbs packages from testing repo
     yum: name={{item}} state=latest enablerepo=infrastructure-tags-stg
     when: testing
     with_items:
     - module-build-service
-    - python-modulemd
+    - libmodulemd
 
 - name: verify the frontend and stop it
   hosts: mbs-frontend:mbs-frontend-stg
diff --git a/roles/mbs/common/files/platform-f28.yaml.staging b/roles/mbs/common/files/platform-f28.yaml.staging
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4614ea076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/mbs/common/files/platform-f28.yaml.staging
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+data:
+  description: Fedora 28 traditional base
+  license:
+    module: [MIT]
+  name: platform
+  profiles:
+    buildroot:
+      rpms: [bash, bzip2, coreutils, cpio, diffutils, fedora-release, findutils, gawk,
+        gcc, gcc-c++, grep, gzip, info, make, patch, redhat-rpm-config, rpm-build,
+        sed, shadow-utils, tar, unzip, util-linux, which, xz]
+    srpm-buildroot:
+      rpms: [bash, fedora-release, fedpkg-minimal, gnupg2, redhat-rpm-config, rpm-build,
+        shadow-utils]
+  stream: f28
+  summary: Fedora 28 traditional base
+  version: 4
+  context: 00000000
+  xmd:
+    mbs:
+      buildrequires: {}
+      commit: virtual
+      requires: {}
+      koji_tag: module-f28-build
+      mse: TRUE
+document: modulemd
+version: 1
+
diff --git a/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml
index efcaed8f03..136137d149 100644
--- a/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mbs/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -80,3 +80,22 @@
   tags:
   - mbs
   - mbs/common
+
+- name: create /etc/module-build-service/default-modules directory
+  file:
+    path: /etc/module-build-service/default-modules
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0775
+
+- name: copy default modules to /etc/module-build-service/default-modules
+  copy: src={{ item.src }}.{{ env }} dest={{ item.dest }}
+  with_items:
+    - { src: 'platform-f28.yaml', dest: '/etc/module-build-service/default-modules' }
+
+- name: import default-modules
+  command: /usr/bin/mbs-manager import_module {{ item }}
+  with_fileglob:
+  - /etc/module-ubild-service/default-modules/*.yaml
+