diff --git a/playbooks/groups/mbs.yml b/playbooks/groups/mbs.yml
index ada649a9f6..33bd6d9acc 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/mbs.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/mbs.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@
     service: mbs
     owner_user: fedmsg
     host: "mbs{{env_suffix}}.fedoraproject.org"
-  - fedmsg/hub
+  - role: fedmsg/hub
+    tags: fedmsg/hub
   #- mbs/backend
 
   handlers: