diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/templates/hub.conf.j2 b/roles/koji_hub/templates/hub.conf.j2
index 88da39493f..8102381837 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/templates/hub.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/templates/hub.conf.j2
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ DisableNotifications = True
 ## These options are intended for planned outages
 #ServerOffline = True
 #OfflineMessage = Offline
-# LockOut = False
+LockOut = True
+OfflineMessage = 'koji is being migrated to a new datacenter'
 ## If ServerOffline is True, the server will always report a ServerOffline fault (with
 ## OfflineMessage as the fault string).
 ## If LockOut is True, the server will report a ServerOffline fault for all non-admin