diff --git a/config/projects/gitlab.rb b/config/projects/gitlab.rb
index c4cc18d..fce1b5d 100644
--- a/config/projects/gitlab.rb
+++ b/config/projects/gitlab.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dependency "gitlab-webui"
 dependency "chef-gem"
 dependency "gitlab-ctl"
 dependency "gitlab-cookbooks"
+dependency "runit"
 
 # version manifest file
 dependency "version-manifest"
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
index e69de29..2ae5732 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include_recipe "runit"
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libgit2 0.21.2