diff --git a/playbooks/manual/autosign.yml b/playbooks/manual/autosign.yml
index edb9d9e9b7..de87afc009 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/autosign.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/autosign.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
   - role: rabbit/queue
     username: "robosignatory{{ env_suffix }}"
     queue_name: "robosignatory{{ env_suffix }}"
+    max_priority: 5
     routing_keys:
     - "org.fedoraproject.*.pungi.compose.ostree"
     - "org.fedoraproject.*.coreos.build.request.artifacts-sign"
diff --git a/roles/rabbit/queue/defaults/main.yml b/roles/rabbit/queue/defaults/main.yml
index 7b85ab076c..867170cb95 100644
--- a/roles/rabbit/queue/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rabbit/queue/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ vhost: /pubsub
 default_exchange: amq.topic
 routing_keys: []
 message_ttl: null
+max_priority: null
 thresholds:
   warning:  10000
   critical: 100000
diff --git a/roles/rabbit/queue/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rabbit/queue/tasks/main.yml
index 95a9efa81f..f58d519ec7 100644
--- a/roles/rabbit/queue/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rabbit/queue/tasks/main.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     auto_delete: no
     durable: yes
     message_ttl: "{{ message_ttl }}"
+    max_priority: "{{ max_priority }}"
     state: present
     login_user: admin
     login_password: "{{ (env == 'production')|ternary(rabbitmq_admin_password_production, rabbitmq_admin_password_staging) }}"