diff --git a/ansible/deploy.yaml b/ansible/deploy.yaml
index a333c9d6a818667aa56baa04edec17e4fcf0c180..c90a19d237586b88e252f1f7a29c77426a55fa7c 100644
--- a/ansible/deploy.yaml
+++ b/ansible/deploy.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
         command: "runmodwsgi --setup-only --port=80 --user ippidb --group wheel --server-root=/etc/ippidb-80"
         app_path: "/home/{{ deploy_user_name }}/iPPIDB/ippisite"
         settings: "ippisite.{{ ansible_hostname }}_settings"
+    - name: add line in generated WSGI handler script to set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE
+      blockinfile:
+        path: /etc/ippidb-80/handler.wsgi
+        insertafter: "os.environ['MOD_WSGI_SERVER_ALIASES'] = None or ''"
+        content: |
+          os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'ippisite.{{ ansible_hostname }}_settings'
     - name: create or update database
       become_user: "{{ deploy_user_name }}"
       django_manage: