diff --git a/files/copr/hosts b/files/copr/hosts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..096475154c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/copr/hosts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
+::1         localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
+172.16.5.6  copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org
+172.16.5.6  copr.fedoraproject.org
+172.16.5.4 copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org
+172.16.5.5 copr-be-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org
+172.16.5.15 copr-fe-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index d8b6fd33d4..24d180aede 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
   - name: copy .forward file
     action: copy src="{{ files }}/copr/forward" dest=/root/.forward owner=root group=root
 
+  - name: deploy /etc/hosts file
+    action: copy src="{{ files }}/copr/hosts" dest=/etc/hosts owner=root group=root mode=644
+
   # packages needed
   - name: add packages for copr-be
     action: yum state=present name={{ item }}
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index ca88dfac7e..421c41c889 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/copr-fe.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
   - name: copy .forward file
     action: copy src="{{ files }}/copr/forward" dest=/root/.forward owner=root group=root
 
+  - name: deploy /etc/hosts file
+    action: copy src="{{ files }}/copr/hosts" dest=/etc/hosts owner=root group=root mode=644
+
   - name: install copr-fe pkgs
     action: yum state=latest pkg={{ item }}
     with_items: