diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
index 747a29f..669f374 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['rate_limit_period'] = 60
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_host'] = node['fqdn']
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_port'] = 80
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_https'] = false
+default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_ssh_host'] = nil
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_email_from'] = "gitlab@#{node['fqdn']}"
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_default_projects_limit'] = 10
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-rails']['gitlab_default_can_create_group'] = nil
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitlab.yml.erb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitlab.yml.erb
index 21744bc..c2dce52 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitlab.yml.erb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/templates/default/gitlab.yml.erb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ production: &base
     # Uncommment this line below if your ssh host is different from HTTP/HTTPS one
     # (you'd obviously need to replace ssh.host_example.com with your own host).
     # Otherwise, ssh host will be set to the `host:` value above
-    # ssh_host: ssh.host_example.com
+    ssh_host: <%= @gitlab_ssh_host %>
 
     # WARNING: See config/application.rb under "Relative url support" for the list of
     # other files that need to be changed for relative url support
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