diff --git a/ansible/roles/swift/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/swift/tasks/config.yml
index 267834d428..92fe89406c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/swift/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/swift/tasks/config.yml
@@ -317,3 +317,8 @@
   template:
     src: "rsyncd.conf.j2"
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/swift-rsyncd/rsyncd.conf"
+
+- name: Copying over swift-rsyncd JSON configuration file
+  template:
+    src: "swift-rsyncd.json.j2"
+    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/swift-rsyncd/config.json"