diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/koschei-backend b/inventory/group_vars/koschei-backend
index 70586138e3..7b058f70c7 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/koschei-backend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/koschei-backend
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ koschei_koji_hub: koji.fedoraproject.org
 koschei_kojipkgs: kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org
 koschei_koji_web: koji.fedoraproject.org
 
+host_group: koschei-backend
+
 
 tcp_ports: [
     # These 4 are for fedmsg.  See also /etc/fedmsg.d/endpoints.py