diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/files/sidetag.conf b/roles/koji_hub/files/sidetag.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15e0293596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/files/sidetag.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[sidetag]
+# automatically remove sidetag on untagging last package
+remove_empty = on
diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
index a615cf561a..f244960237 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/tasks/main.yml
@@ -174,6 +174,14 @@
   - koji_hub
   - fedora-messaging
 
+
+- name: install the configuration file for the sidetag plugin
+  copy:
+    src: sidetag.conf
+    dest: /etc/koji-hub/plugins/sidetag.conf
+  tags:
+  - koji_hub
+
 #
 # rpmautospec plugin
 #