diff --git a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koji.yml b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koji.yml
index f36390fa67..972bfcf765 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koji.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koji.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
     - db-sync-script
 
   - postgresql_user: name=koji password={{ kojiPassword }}
+  - postgresql_user: name=backup
   - postgresql_db: name=koji state=absent
 # buildroot_listing is excluded from the sync to save some time
 # TODO: install mbuffer on db-koji.stg