diff --git a/roles/mbs/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mbs/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 4db785e0c7..88dbf5c0a7 100644
--- a/roles/mbs/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mbs/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
   - mbs
   - mbs/frontend
 
+- name: Make sure fedmsg-hub isn't running on the frontend.
+  service:
+    name: fedmsg-hub
+    state: stopped
+    enabled: false
+  tags:
+  - mbs
+  - mbs/frontend
+
 - name: copy mbs httpd config
   template: >
     src=mbs.conf dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/mbs.conf