diff --git a/zuul.d/projects.yaml b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
index efe86e223a..bc32568d5b 100644
--- a/zuul.d/projects.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
@@ -2137,6 +2137,11 @@
               - legacy-zmq-event-publisher-hpi-artifact
         - legacy-zmq-event-publisher-hpi-artifact
 
+- project:
+    name: openstack-infra/zone-zuul-ci.org
+    templates:
+      - system-required
+
 - project:
     name: openstack-infra/zuul
     templates: