diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher.py b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f0cdbb125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/files/flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# Set new flatpak repositories on quay.io public.
+# See https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/11543#issuecomment-705742
+# Author: Michal Konecny <mkonecny@redhat.com>
+import json
+import os
+import requests
+
+QUAYIO_URL = "https://quay.io/"
+
+def get_private_repos(quayio_token:str, quayio_namespace:str) -> list:
+    """
+    Retrieve all the repositories that are private.
+    """
+    repos = []
+
+    # Request parameters and headers
+    header = {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        "Authorization": "Bearer " + quayio_token
+    }
+    params = {
+        "namespace": quayio_namespace
+    }
+
+    url = f"{QUAYIO_URL}api/v1/repository"
+
+    next_page = True
+
+    while next_page:
+        response = requests.get(url, headers=header, params=params)
+
+        if response.status_code != 200:
+            print(f"Couldn't reach {url}. Status code: {response.status_code}")
+            print(response.text)
+            return repos
+
+        # Add private repositories to list of repositories
+        repos.extend(
+            [repo["name"] for repo in response.json().get("repositories",[]) if not repo["is_public"]]
+        )
+
+        next_page = response.json().get("next_page")
+        if next_page:
+            params["next_page"] = next_page
+
+    return repos
+
+def set_repo_public(quayio_token:str, repo:str, quayio_namespace:str) -> None:
+    """
+    Set repository visibility to public.
+    """
+    header = {
+        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        "Authorization": "Bearer " + quayio_token
+    }
+
+    data = {"visibility": "public"}
+
+    url = f"{QUAYIO_URL}api/v1/repository/{quayio_namespace}/{repo}/changevisibility" 
+
+    response = requests.post(
+        url,
+        headers=header,
+        json=data
+    )
+
+    if response.status_code != 200:
+        print(f"Couldn't reach {url}. Status code: {response.status_code}")
+        print(response.text)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    quayio_namespace = os.environ["QUAYIO_NAMESPACE"]
+    quayio_token = os.environ["QUAYIO_OAUTH_TOKEN"]
+    repos = get_private_repos(quayio_token, quayio_namespace)
+    for repo in repos:
+        set_repo_public(quayio_token, repo, quayio_namespace)
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 9505f3a9e9..1ed1ac76ee 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -285,6 +285,28 @@
   - bodhi
   - cron
 
+#
+# cron job that sets newly created flatpak repositories as public
+#
+- name: Put flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher in place
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher.py
+    dest: /usr/local/bin/flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher.py
+    mode: "0755"
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - bodhi
+  - cron
+
+- name: Set the flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher cron job
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher.cron.j2
+    dest: /etc/cron.d/flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - bodhi
+  - cron
+
 - name: Install production.ini
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: "{{ roles_path }}/bodhi2/base/templates/production.ini.j2"
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher.cron.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher.cron.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89532d34b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/templates/flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher.cron.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+MAILTO=root@fedoraproject.org
+{% if env == "staging" %}
+0 * * * * bodhi QUAYIO_NAMESPACE=fedora-flatpaks-staging QUAYIO_OAUTH_TOKEN={{ bodhi2_quayio_oauth_stg }} /usr/local/bin/flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher.py
+{% else %}
+0 * * * * bodhi QUAYIO_NAMESPACE=fedora-flatpaks QUAYIO_OAUTH_TOKEN={{ bodhi2_quayio_oauth }} /usr/local/bin/flatpak_quayio_repo_publisher.py
+{% endif %}
+