diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
index aaea86b..5992d46 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/attributes/default.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ default['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['support_email'] = "support@example.com"
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['uploads_directory'] = "/var/opt/gitlab/uploads"
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['rate_limit_requests_per_period'] = 10
 default['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['rate_limit_period'] = 60
+default['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['automatic_migrations'] = true
 
 
 ####
diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/database_migrations.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/database_migrations.rb
index 3f3f154..36816e1 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/database_migrations.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/database_migrations.rb
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ execute "initialize database" do
   command "/opt/gitlab/bin/gitlab-rake db:schema:load db:seed_fu"
   action :nothing
 end
+
+execute "migrate database" do
+  command "/opt/gitlab/bin/gitlab-rake db:migrate"
+  only_if node['gitlab']['gitlab-core']['automatic_migrations']
+end
--
libgit2 0.21.2