diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/jenkins-master b/inventory/group_vars/jenkins-master
index 513b3715e3..e517d208ff 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/jenkins-master
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/jenkins-master
@@ -18,3 +18,19 @@ slaves:
   description: Fedora 22
   labels: fedora Fedora fedora22 Fedora22
   capacity: 4
+
+# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
+fedmsg_certs:
+- service: shell
+  owner: root
+  group: root
+- service: jenkins
+  owner: root
+  group: jenkins
+  can_send:
+  - jenkins.build.aborted
+  - jenkins.build.failed
+  - jenkins.build.notbuilt
+  - jenkins.build.passed
+  - jenkins.build.start
+  - jenkins.build.unstable
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-master.yml b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-master.yml
index 1bd8d4de75..1d63d6ca40 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-master.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-master.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   roles:
   - base
   - jenkins/master
+  - fedmsg/base
 
   handlers:
   - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"