diff --git a/bin/pungi-fedmsg-notification b/bin/pungi-fedmsg-notification
index 0e4630bf..32514518 100755
--- a/bin/pungi-fedmsg-notification
+++ b/bin/pungi-fedmsg-notification
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import argparse
 import fedmsg
+import fedmsg.config
 import json
 import sys
 
@@ -14,7 +15,12 @@ def send(cmd, data):
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument('cmd')
-
     opts = parser.parse_args()
+
+    config = fedmsg.config.load_config()
+    config['active'] = True           # Connect out to a fedmsg-relay instance
+    config['cert_prefix'] = 'releng'  # Use this cert.
+    fedmsg.init(**config)
+
     data = json.load(sys.stdin)
     send(opts.cmd, data)