diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
index 65b6eba..acceba7 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
+default['gitlab']['bootstrap']['enable'] = true
+
 ###
 # PostgreSQL
 ###
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/chef_server.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/chef_server.rb
index 2670098..04a27df 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/chef_server.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/libraries/chef_server.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ require 'securerandom'
 module GitLab
   extend(Mixlib::Config)
 
+  bootstrap Mash.new
   postgresql Mash.new
   node nil
 
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ module GitLab
     def generate_hash
       results = { "gitlab" => {} }
       [
+        "bootstrap",
         "postgresql"
       ].each do |key|
         rkey = key.gsub('_', '-')
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