diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/staging b/inventory/group_vars/staging
index 7a3250629f..da81e39c15 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/staging
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/staging
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ os_wildcard_int_file: wildcard-2017.stg.fedoraproject.org.intermediate.cert
 
 fedmsg_prefix: org.fedoraproject
 fedmsg_env: stg
+deployment_type: stg
 
 # IPA details
 ipa_server: ipa01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org