diff --git a/.expeditor/config.yml b/.expeditor/config.yml
index 505e6b6ce..009c4ba9c 100644
--- a/.expeditor/config.yml
+++ b/.expeditor/config.yml
@@ -146,3 +146,6 @@ subscriptions:
     - bash:.expeditor/announce-release.sh:
        post_commit: true
     - built_in:notify_chefio_slack_channels
+ - workload: pull_request_opened:{{agent_id}}:*
+   actions:
+     - post_github_comment:.expeditor/templates/pull_request.mustache
diff --git a/.expeditor/templates/pull_request.mustache b/.expeditor/templates/pull_request.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9e7109e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.expeditor/templates/pull_request.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Hello {{author}}! Thanks for the pull request!
+
+Here is what will happen next:
+1. Your PR will be reviewed by the maintainers
+2. If everything looks good, one of them will approve it, and your PR will be merged.
+
+Thank you for contributing!