diff --git a/docs/source/utils.rst b/docs/source/utils.rst
index 8d3c3aaf..f7f8c208 100644
--- a/docs/source/utils.rst
+++ b/docs/source/utils.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ especially in relation to throttling in creating ``newRepo`` tasks.
     Note that you need to have your database set to use UTC, as otherwise
     you can end with weird behaviour. For details see
     https://pagure.io/koji/issue/2159
-    
+
 ``queue_file = None``
     Writable path could be set here. In such case, kojira will write a
     list of currently monitored tags there with simple statistics in
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ especially in relation to throttling in creating ``newRepo`` tasks.
     tags are expired and what is the computed score for them. This can
     be used to debug and check in realtime the actual performance.
 
+``no_repo_effective_age = 2 days (172800)``
+    When prioritizing repo regens, the age of the expired repo is the primary
+    factor. This value (measured in seconds) is used when there is no expired
+    repo (e.g. for a new build tag).
+
+
 Garbage Collector
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/util/kojira b/util/kojira
index aeb4078a..2b6cd3b1 100755
--- a/util/kojira
+++ b/util/kojira
@@ -953,13 +953,15 @@ class RepoManager(object):
             # how expired are we?
             ts = 0
             for repo in tag_repos.get(tag_id, []):
+                if repo.problem:
+                    continue
                 if repo.expire_ts:
                     if repo.expire_ts > ts:
                         ts = repo.expire_ts
                 else:
                     self.logger.warning("No expire timestamp for repo: %s", repo.repo_id)
             if ts == 0:
-                ts = time.time()
+                ts = time.time() - self.options.no_repo_effective_age
 
             entry = {
                 'taginfo': taginfo,
@@ -1273,6 +1275,7 @@ def get_options():
                 'deleted_repo_lifetime': 7 * 24 * 3600,
                 # XXX should really be called expired_repo_lifetime
                 'dist_repo_lifetime': 7 * 24 * 3600,
+                'no_repo_effective_age': 2 * 24 * 3600,
                 'check_external_repos': False,
                 'sleeptime': 15,
                 'cert': None,
@@ -1284,7 +1287,7 @@ def get_options():
         int_opts = ('deleted_repo_lifetime', 'max_repo_tasks', 'repo_tasks_limit',
                     'retry_interval', 'max_retries', 'offline_retry_interval',
                     'max_delete_processes', 'max_repo_tasks_maven', 'dist_repo_lifetime',
-                    'sleeptime')
+                    'sleeptime', 'no_repo_effective_age')
         str_opts = ('topdir', 'server', 'user', 'password', 'logfile', 'principal', 'keytab',
                     'cert', 'serverca', 'debuginfo_tags', 'queue_file',
                     'source_tags', 'separate_source_tags', 'ignore_tags')