diff --git a/config/software/gitlab-cookbooks.rb b/config/software/gitlab-cookbooks.rb
index c492aa8..5eeace1 100644
--- a/config/software/gitlab-cookbooks.rb
+++ b/config/software/gitlab-cookbooks.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ name "gitlab-cookbooks"
 
 dependency "rsync"
 
+always_build true
+
 source :path => File.expand_path("files/gitlab-cookbooks", Omnibus.project_root)
 
 build do
--
libgit2 0.21.2