diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/globals.pl b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/globals.pl
index b457484d81f..671f1901f82 100644
--- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/globals.pl
+++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/globals.pl
@@ -1785,6 +1785,9 @@ $::vars =
 
     # UserInGroup - you probably want to cache this
     'UserInGroup' => \&UserInGroup ,
+
+    # SyncAnyPendingShadowChanges - called in the footer to sync the shadowdb
+    'SyncAnyPendingShadowChanges' => \&SyncAnyPendingShadowChanges ,
   };
 
 1;
diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/template/en/default/global/footer.html.tmpl b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/template/en/default/global/footer.html.tmpl
index e8978b3a2fe..07fde14e90c 100644
--- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/template/en/default/global/footer.html.tmpl
+++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/template/en/default/global/footer.html.tmpl
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@
 </body>
 </html>
 
+[% SyncAnyPendingShadowChanges() %]