diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/pkgdb b/inventory/group_vars/pkgdb
index da5575f22d..d6e9196ad7 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/pkgdb
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/pkgdb
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ fedmsg_certs:
 - service: pkgdb
   owner: root
   group: apache
+  alias: pkgdb2
   can_send:
   - pkgdb.acl.delete
   - pkgdb.acl.update
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/pkgdb-stg b/inventory/group_vars/pkgdb-stg
index f11a7c648b..8cef22cecb 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/pkgdb-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/pkgdb-stg
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ fedmsg_certs:
 - service: pkgdb
   owner: root
   group: apache
+  alias: pkgdb2
   can_send:
   - pkgdb.acl.delete
   - pkgdb.acl.update