diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/fedora-updates-push b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/fedora-updates-push
index 255235f01a..2b040781be 100755
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/fedora-updates-push
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/fedora-updates-push
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ ATOMICDEST=/mnt/koji/atomic/
 
 OPTIONS="-rlptDvHh --stats --delay-updates $RSYNC_OPTS"
 #f26 exlcude 
+PRIMARY_EXCLUDES_26=" --exclude=aarch64 --exclude=i386 --exclude=ppc64 --exclude=ppc64le --exclude=s390x "
+ALT_EXCLUDES_26=" --exclude=armhfp --exclude=SRPMS --exclude=x86_64 --exclude=s390x"
+
+#f27 and above exlcudes
 PRIMARY_EXCLUDES=" --exclude=aarch64 --exclude=i386 --exclude=ppc64 --exclude=ppc64le --exclude=s390x "
-ALT_EXCLUDES=" --exclude=armhfp --exclude=SRPMS --exclude=x86_64 --exclude=s390x"
+ALT_EXCLUDES=" --exclude=armhfp --exclude=SRPMS --exclude=x86_64 "
 
 #old style simple sync
 for rel in 25; do
@@ -57,6 +61,93 @@ done
 #new style primary sync
 for rel in 26; do
 
+    OUTPUT1=$(rsync $OPTIONS --exclude "repodata/*" $PRIMARY_EXCLUDES_26 \
+            $SOURCE/f$rel-updates/ $DEST/$rel/ --link-dest $DEST/testing/$rel/)
+    OUTPUT2=$(rsync $OPTIONS --delete --delete-delay $PRIMARY_EXCLUDES_26 --exclude=Live --exclude=Images \
+            $SOURCE/f$rel-updates/ $DEST/$rel/)
+
+    # Grep out some signals from the stats
+    bytes=$(echo "$OUTPUT1" | grep "Literal data" | awk ' { print $3 } ')
+    deleted=$(echo "$OUTPUT2" | grep "deleting " | wc -l)
+
+    # If anything changed, then publish a fedmsg message as bodhi.updates.sync
+    if [ "$bytes" != "0" -o "$deleted" != "0" ]; then
+      echo "{\"bytes\": \"$bytes\", \"deleted\": \"$deleted\", \"repo\": \"updates\", \"release\": \"$rel\"}" | fedmsg-logger \
+          --cert-prefix ftpsync \
+          --modname bodhi \
+          --topic updates.fedora.sync \
+          --json-input &> /dev/null
+    fi
+
+done
+for rel in 26; do
+
+    OUTPUT1=$(rsync $OPTIONS --exclude "repodata/*" $PRIMARY_EXCLUDES_26 \
+            $SOURCE/f$rel-updates-testing/ $DEST/testing/$rel/)
+    OUTPUT2=$(rsync $OPTIONS --delete --delete-delay $PRIMARY_EXCLUDES_26 --exclude=Live --exclude=Images \
+            $SOURCE/f$rel-updates-testing/ $DEST/testing/$rel/)
+
+    # Grep out some signals from the stats
+    bytes=$(echo "$OUTPUT1" | grep "Literal data" | awk ' { print $3 } ')
+    deleted=$(echo "$OUTPUT2" | grep "deleting " | wc -l)
+
+    # If anything changed, then publish a fedmsg message as bodhi.updates.sync
+    if [ "$bytes" != "0" -o "$deleted" != "0" ]; then
+      echo "{\"bytes\": \"$bytes\", \"deleted\": \"$deleted\", \"repo\": \"updates-testing\", \"release\": \"$rel\"}" | fedmsg-logger \
+          --cert-prefix ftpsync \
+          --modname bodhi \
+          --topic updates.fedora.sync \
+          --json-input &> /dev/null
+    fi
+
+done
+# new style alternative sync
+for rel in 26; do
+
+    OUTPUT1=$(rsync $OPTIONS --exclude "repodata/*" $ALT_EXCLUDES_26 \
+            $SOURCE/f$rel-updates/ $ALTDEST/$rel/ --link-dest $ALTDEST/testing/$rel/)
+    OUTPUT2=$(rsync $OPTIONS --delete --delete-delay $ALT_EXCLUDES_26 --exclude=Live --exclude=Images \
+            $SOURCE/f$rel-updates/ $ALTDEST/$rel/)
+
+    # Grep out some signals from the stats
+    bytes=$(echo "$OUTPUT1" | grep "Literal data" | awk ' { print $3 } ')
+    deleted=$(echo "$OUTPUT2" | grep "deleting " | wc -l)
+
+    # If anything changed, then publish a fedmsg message as bodhi.updates.sync
+    if [ "$bytes" != "0" -o "$deleted" != "0" ]; then
+      echo "{\"bytes\": \"$bytes\", \"deleted\": \"$deleted\", \"repo\": \"updates\", \"release\": \"$rel\"}" | fedmsg-logger \
+          --cert-prefix ftpsync \
+          --modname bodhi \
+          --topic updates.fedora.sync \
+          --json-input &> /dev/null
+    fi
+
+done
+for rel in 26; do
+
+    OUTPUT1=$(rsync $OPTIONS --exclude "repodata/*" $ALT_EXCLUDES_26 \
+            $SOURCE/f$rel-updates-testing/ $ALTDEST/testing/$rel/)
+    OUTPUT2=$(rsync $OPTIONS --delete --delete-delay $ALT_EXCLUDES_26 --exclude=Live --exclude=Images \
+            $SOURCE/f$rel-updates-testing/ $ALTDEST/testing/$rel/)
+
+    # Grep out some signals from the stats
+    bytes=$(echo "$OUTPUT1" | grep "Literal data" | awk ' { print $3 } ')
+    deleted=$(echo "$OUTPUT2" | grep "deleting " | wc -l)
+
+    # If anything changed, then publish a fedmsg message as bodhi.updates.sync
+    if [ "$bytes" != "0" -o "$deleted" != "0" ]; then
+      echo "{\"bytes\": \"$bytes\", \"deleted\": \"$deleted\", \"repo\": \"updates-testing\", \"release\": \"$rel\"}" | fedmsg-logger \
+          --cert-prefix ftpsync \
+          --modname bodhi \
+          --topic updates.fedora.sync \
+          --json-input &> /dev/null
+    fi
+
+done
+
+#new style primary sync for f27 and above
+for rel in 27; do
+
     OUTPUT1=$(rsync $OPTIONS --exclude "repodata/*" $PRIMARY_EXCLUDES \
             $SOURCE/f$rel-updates/ $DEST/$rel/ --link-dest $DEST/testing/$rel/)
     OUTPUT2=$(rsync $OPTIONS --delete --delete-delay $PRIMARY_EXCLUDES --exclude=Live --exclude=Images \
@@ -76,7 +167,7 @@ for rel in 26; do
     fi
 
 done
-for rel in 26; do
+for rel in 27; do
 
     OUTPUT1=$(rsync $OPTIONS --exclude "repodata/*" $PRIMARY_EXCLUDES \
             $SOURCE/f$rel-updates-testing/ $DEST/testing/$rel/)
@@ -97,8 +188,8 @@ for rel in 26; do
     fi
 
 done
-# new style alternative sync
-for rel in 26; do
+# new style alternative sync for f27 and above
+for rel in 27; do
 
     OUTPUT1=$(rsync $OPTIONS --exclude "repodata/*" $ALT_EXCLUDES \
             $SOURCE/f$rel-updates/ $ALTDEST/$rel/ --link-dest $ALTDEST/testing/$rel/)
@@ -119,7 +210,7 @@ for rel in 26; do
     fi
 
 done
-for rel in 26; do
+for rel in 27; do
 
     OUTPUT1=$(rsync $OPTIONS --exclude "repodata/*" $ALT_EXCLUDES \
             $SOURCE/f$rel-updates-testing/ $ALTDEST/testing/$rel/)
@@ -141,7 +232,7 @@ for rel in 26; do
 
 done
 
-for rel in 25 26; do
+for rel in 25 26 27; do
 
     OUTPUT1=$(rsync $OPTIONS --ignore-existing \
             $ATOMICSOURCE/$rel/objects/ $ATOMICDEST/$rel/objects/)