diff --git a/roles/autocloud/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/autocloud/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 587fa0bef5..ff14633fce 100644
--- a/roles/autocloud/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/autocloud/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,19 @@
   - autocloud
   - autocloud/backend
 
+- name: copy autocloud fedmsg configuration
+  template: >
+    src={{ item }} dest=/etc/fedmsg.d/{{ item }}
+    owner=root group=fedmsg mode=0640
+  with_items:
+  - autocloud.py
+  notify:
+  - restart fedmsg-hub
+  - restart autocloud
+  tags:
+  - autocloud
+  - autocloud/backend
+
 - name: install vagrant-libvirt for the libvirt host
   dnf: pkg={{ item }} state=present
   with_items:
diff --git a/roles/autocloud/backend/templates/autocloud.py b/roles/autocloud/backend/templates/autocloud.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eff8e5a9b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/autocloud/backend/templates/autocloud.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+config = {
+    # Consumer stuff
+    "autocloud.consumer.enabled": True,
+{% if env == 'staging' %}
+    "autocloud.sqlalchemy.uri": "postgres://autocloud:{{autocloud_db_password_stg}}@db01.stg/autocloud",
+{% else %}
+    "autocloud.sqlalchemy.uri": "postgres://autocloud:{{autocloud_db_password}}@db01/autocloud",
+{% endif %}
+
+    # Turn on logging for autocloud
+    "logging": dict(
+        loggers=dict(
+            autocloud={
+                "level": "DEBUG",
+                "propagate": False,
+                "handlers": ["console"],
+            },
+        ),
+    ),
+}
+