diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/zanata2fedmsg b/inventory/group_vars/zanata2fedmsg
index 0e3a2905ee..b799fe31fd 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/zanata2fedmsg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/zanata2fedmsg
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ lvm_size: 20000
 mem_size: 2048
 num_cpus: 2
 
+deployment_type: prod
+
 # Definining these vars has a number of effects
 # 1) mod_wsgi is configured to use the vars for its own setup
 # 2) iptables opens enough ports for all threads for fedmsg
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/zanata2fedmsg_stg b/inventory/group_vars/zanata2fedmsg_stg
index ef584031d7..67bcec5ae3 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/zanata2fedmsg_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/zanata2fedmsg_stg
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ lvm_size: 20000
 mem_size: 1024
 num_cpus: 1
 
+deployment_type: stg
+
 # Definining these vars has a number of effects
 # 1) mod_wsgi is configured to use the vars for its own setup
 # 2) iptables opens enough ports for all threads for fedmsg