diff --git a/roles/pdc/backend/files/pdc-audit.cron b/roles/pdc/backend/files/pdc-audit.cron
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f986fbbc20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/pdc/backend/files/pdc-audit.cron
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# run once a day and report
+MAILTO=releng-cron@lists.fedoraproject.org
+0 18 * * * root /usr/local/bin/lock-wrapper /usr/bin/pdc-updater-audit
diff --git a/roles/pdc/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/pdc/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 894bee9e00..df85adeb11 100644
--- a/roles/pdc/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/pdc/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,9 @@
   - pdcupdater.py
   notify: restart fedmsg-hub
   tags: pdc
+
+- name: setup cron for a daily audit script
+  copy: src=pdc-audit.cron dest=/etc/cron.d/pdc-audit.cron mode=0755
+  tags:
+  - pdc
+  - cron