diff --git a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
index 20a212b..0fb58b8 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/files/gitlab-cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ include_recipe "runit"
 [
   "postgresql",
   "redis",
+  "gitlab-core",
   "bootstrap",
 ].each do |service|
   if node["gitlab"][service]["enable"]
--
libgit2 0.21.2