diff --git a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
index 9b0767becd..005610d8af 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
   - name: mount our persistent space
     action: mount name=/var/lib/jenkins src='LABEL=jenkins' fstype=ext4 state=mounted
 
+  - name: poke firewall holes
+    action: command lokkit $item
+    with_items:
+    - --service=ssh
+    - --service=https
+    - --service=http
+
   - name: install pkgs for jenkins
     action: yum state=installed pkg=$item
     with_items: