diff --git a/reference/projects.yaml b/reference/projects.yaml
index 2d64b9c66..38bdcc475 100644
--- a/reference/projects.yaml
+++ b/reference/projects.yaml
@@ -3969,6 +3969,7 @@ Packaging-rpm:
     To make OpenStack easier to update and consume by operators and
     provide tooling to package all OpenStack projects directly for
     all RPM based distributions.
+  irc-channel: openstack-rpm-packaging
   deliverables:
     rpm-packaging:
       repos: