diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 72466c5b23..7d743e6405 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
     minute: "0"
     hour: "3"
     weekday: "2"
-    job: "/usr/bin/bodhi-dequeue-stable"
+    job: "/usr/bin/bodhi-dequeue-stable && touch /var/run/bodhi-weekly-run"
     user: "apache"
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend01')
   tags: