diff --git a/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb b/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb
index b1c6dc7..31a1ef3 100644
--- a/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb
+++ b/config/software/gitlab-rails.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ dependency "libicu"
 dependency "postgresql"
 dependency "python-docutils"
 dependency "mysql-client" if EE
+dependency "rugged"
 
 source :git => "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.git"
 
diff --git a/config/software/libgit2.rb b/config/software/libgit2.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80cc31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/software/libgit2.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#
+## Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2014 GitLab B.V.
+## License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+##
+## Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+## you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+## You may obtain a copy of the License at
+##
+## http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+##
+## Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+## distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+## WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+## See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+## limitations under the License.
+##
+#
+
+name "libgit2"
+default_version "v0.21.1"
+
+source git: "git://github.com/libgit2/libgit2.git"
+
+dependency "zlib"
+dependency "openssl"
+
+relative_path "libgit2"
+
+build_dir = "#{project_dir}/build"
+
+build do
+  env = with_standard_compiler_flags(with_embedded_path)
+  cmake_options = [
+            "-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=YES",
+            "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=#{install_dir}/embedded",
+            "-DWITH_SSL=system",
+            "-DOPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=#{install_dir}/embedded/include",
+            "-DOPENSSL_LIBRARIES:FILEPATH=#{install_dir}/embedded/lib/libssl.so",
+            "-DWITH_ZLIB=system",
+            "-DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=#{install_dir}/embedded/include",
+            "-DZLIB_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=#{install_dir}/embedded/lib/libz.so",
+            "-DCRYPTO_LIBRARY:FILEPATH=#{install_dir}/embedded/lib/libcrypto.so",
+  ]
+  mkdir build_dir
+  command "cmake .. #{cmake_options.join(' ')}", env: env, cwd: build_dir
+  command "make -j #{max_build_jobs} install", env: env, cwd: build_dir
+end
diff --git a/config/software/rugged.rb b/config/software/rugged.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deb225f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/software/rugged.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#
+## Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2014 GitLab B.V.
+## License:: Apache License, Version 2.0
+##
+## Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+## you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+## You may obtain a copy of the License at
+##
+## http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+##
+## Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+## distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+## WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+## See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+## limitations under the License.
+##
+#
+
+name "rugged"
+default_version "0.21.0"
+
+dependency "ruby"
+dependency "rubygems"
+dependency "libgit2"
+
+build do
+  gem "install rugged --install-dir=#{install_dir}/embedded/service/gem/ruby/2.1.0 --no-rdoc --no-ri -v #{version} -- --use-system-libraries"
+end
--
libgit2 0.21.2