diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
index 47186ca4c5..0bed0583aa 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
@@ -109,3 +109,6 @@ timeout=86400
 
 # utilized by /usr/bin/check_consecutive_build_fails.py
 consecutive_failure_threshold=30
+
+[ssh]
+builder_config=/home/copr/.ssh/config