diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/elections b/inventory/group_vars/elections
index 8e25e6ed68..b88bf1f866 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/elections
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/elections
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ lvm_size: 20000
 mem_size: 2048
 num_cpus: 2
 
-tcp_ports: [ 80 ]
+tcp_ports: [ 80,
+    # These 16 ports are used by fedmsg.  One for each wsgi thread.
+    3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007,
+    3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015]
+
 
 # Neeed for rsync from log02 for logs.
 custom_rules: [ '-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 10.5.126.29 --dport 873 -j ACCEPT', '-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s 192.168.1.56 --dport 873 -j ACCEPT' ]