diff --git a/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
index bc0cc4a..8da5920 100644
--- a/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ if node['platform'] == 'centos'
   end
 end
 
-package 'redis'
-service 'redis' do
-  action [:enable, :start]
-end
-
 package 'gitlab'
 
 template '/etc/gitlab/database.yml' do
@@ -40,6 +35,15 @@ template '/etc/gitlab-shell/config.yml' do
   notifies :restart, 'service[gitlab]'
 end
 
+# gitlab redis configuration
+template '/usr/lib/gitlab/config/resque.yml' do
+  owner 'root'
+  group 'root'
+  mode 0644
+
+  notifies :restart, 'service[gitlab]'
+end
+
 ####################################################
 # Run under /gitlab
 ####################################################
diff --git a/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/resque.yml.erb b/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/resque.yml.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c89b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/gitlab/templates/resque.yml.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+production: redis://<%= node['peers']['database'] %>:6379
--
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