diff --git a/hiera/common.yaml b/hiera/common.yaml
index 31517347b6..ef9fb07c34 100644
--- a/hiera/common.yaml
+++ b/hiera/common.yaml
@@ -108,3 +108,94 @@ statusbot_channels:
 - storyboard
 - syscompass
 - tripleo
+meetbot_channels:
+- '#cloudkitty'
+- '#congress'
+- '#dox'
+- '#heat'
+- '#kolla'
+- '#midonet'
+- '#murano'
+- '#openstack'
+- '#openstack-ansible'
+- '#openstack-api'
+- '#openstack-app-catalog'
+- '#openstack-astara'
+- '#openstack-barbican'
+- '#openstack-bareon'
+- '#openstack-blazar'
+- '#openstack-chef'
+- '#openstack-cinder'
+- '#openstack-cloudpulse'
+- '#openstack-community'
+- '#openstack-containers'
+- '#openstack-cue'
+- '#openstack-defcore'
+- '#openstack-dev'
+- '#openstack-diversity'
+- '#openstack-dns'
+- '#openstack-doc'
+- '#openstack-dragonflow'
+- '#openstack-fr'
+- '#openstack-freezer'
+- '#openstack-glance'
+- '#openstack-gslb'
+- '#openstack-ha'
+- '#openstack-heat-translator'
+- '#openstack-horizon'
+- '#openstack-i18n'
+- '#openstack-infra'
+- '#openstack-infra-incident'
+- '#openstack-ironic'
+- '#openstack-keystone'
+- '#openstack-ko'
+- '#openstack-kuryr'
+- '#openstack-lbaas'
+- '#openstack-manila'
+- '#openstack-meeting'
+- '#openstack-meeting-alt'
+- '#openstack-meeting-3'
+- '#openstack-meeting-4'
+- '#openstack-meeting-cp'
+- '#openstack-mistral'
+- '#openstack-monasca'
+- '#openstack-net-bgpvpn'
+- '#openstack-neutron'
+- '#openstack-neutron-ovn'
+- '#openstack-neutron-release'
+- '#openstack-nova'
+- '#openstack-operators'
+- '#openstack-performance'
+- '#openstack-opw'
+- '#openstack-oslo'
+- '#openstack-qa'
+- '#openstack-rally'
+- '#openstack-rating'
+- '#openstack-release'
+- '#openstack-rpm-packaging'
+- '#openstack-sahara'
+- '#openstack-sdks'
+- '#openstack-searchlight'
+- '#openstack-security'
+- '#openstack-smaug'
+- '#openstack-solar'
+- '#openstack-sprint'
+- '#openstack-stable'
+- '#openstack-storlets'
+- '#openstack-swauth'
+- '#openstack-swift'
+- '#openstack-tailgate'
+- '#openstack-telemetry'
+- '#openstack-trove'
+- '#openstack-ux'
+- '#openstack-vmware-nsx'
+- '#openstack-watcher'
+- '#openstack-zaqar'
+- '#openstack-zephyr'
+- '#puppet-openstack'
+- '#refstack'
+- '#senlin'
+- '#storyboard'
+- '#swift3'
+- '#tacker'
+- '#tripleo'
diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index a94aec1def..4b54e39fb5 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ node 'eavesdrop.openstack.org' {
     statusbot_irclogs_url   => 'http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/irclogs/%(chan)s/%(chan)s.%(date)s.log.html',
     accessbot_nick          => hiera('accessbot_nick', 'username'),
     accessbot_password      => hiera('accessbot_nick_password'),
+    meetbot_channels        => hiera('meetbot_channels', ['openstack-infra']),
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/eavesdrop.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/eavesdrop.pp
index 52ee07fa71..fa96c2b31e 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/eavesdrop.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/eavesdrop.pp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class openstack_project::eavesdrop (
   $accessbot_nick = '',
   $accessbot_password = '',
   $project_config_repo = '',
+  $meetbot_channels = [],
 ) {
   include ::httpd
   include meetbot
@@ -34,98 +35,7 @@ class openstack_project::eavesdrop (
     use_ssl      => 'True',
     vhost_extra  => $vhost_extra,
     manage_index => false,
-    channels     => [
-        '#cloudkitty',
-        '#congress',
-        '#dox',
-        '#heat',
-        '#kolla',
-        '#midonet',
-        '#murano',
-        '#openstack',
-        '#openstack-ansible',
-        '#openstack-api',
-        '#openstack-app-catalog',
-        '#openstack-astara',
-        '#openstack-barbican',
-        '#openstack-bareon',
-        '#openstack-blazar',
-        '#openstack-chef',
-        '#openstack-cinder',
-        '#openstack-cloudpulse',
-        '#openstack-community',
-        '#openstack-containers',
-        '#openstack-cue',
-        '#openstack-defcore',
-        '#openstack-dev',
-        '#openstack-diversity',
-        '#openstack-dns',
-        '#openstack-doc',
-        '#openstack-dragonflow',
-        '#openstack-fr',
-        '#openstack-freezer',
-        '#openstack-glance',
-        '#openstack-gslb',
-        '#openstack-ha',
-        '#openstack-heat-translator',
-        '#openstack-horizon',
-        '#openstack-i18n',
-        '#openstack-infra',
-        '#openstack-infra-incident',
-        '#openstack-ironic',
-        '#openstack-keystone',
-        '#openstack-ko',
-        '#openstack-kuryr',
-        '#openstack-lbaas',
-        '#openstack-manila',
-        '#openstack-meeting',
-        '#openstack-meeting-alt',
-        '#openstack-meeting-3',
-        '#openstack-meeting-4',
-        '#openstack-meeting-cp',
-        '#openstack-mistral',
-        '#openstack-monasca',
-        '#openstack-net-bgpvpn',
-        '#openstack-neutron',
-        '#openstack-neutron-ovn',
-        '#openstack-neutron-release',
-        '#openstack-nova',
-        '#openstack-operators',
-        '#openstack-performance',
-        '#openstack-opw',
-        '#openstack-oslo',
-        '#openstack-qa',
-        '#openstack-rally',
-        '#openstack-rating',
-        '#openstack-release',
-        '#openstack-rpm-packaging',
-        '#openstack-sahara',
-        '#openstack-sdks',
-        '#openstack-searchlight',
-        '#openstack-security',
-        '#openstack-smaug',
-        '#openstack-solar',
-        '#openstack-sprint',
-        '#openstack-stable',
-        '#openstack-storlets',
-        '#openstack-swauth',
-        '#openstack-swift',
-        '#openstack-tailgate',
-        '#openstack-telemetry',
-        '#openstack-trove',
-        '#openstack-ux',
-        '#openstack-vmware-nsx',
-        '#openstack-watcher',
-        '#openstack-zaqar',
-        '#openstack-zephyr',
-        '#puppet-openstack',
-        '#refstack',
-        '#senlin',
-        '#storyboard',
-        '#swift3',
-        '#tacker',
-        '#tripleo',
-    ],
+    channels     => $meetbot_channels,
   }
 
   class { 'statusbot':