diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 86f6c896a6..05521af696 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ RUN ( \
   echo "" && \
   echo "# Docker options" && \
   echo "# Prevent Postgres from trying to allocate 25% of total memory" && \
-  echo "postgresql['shared_buffers'] = '1MB'" ) >> /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
+  echo "postgresql['shared_buffers'] = '1MB'" ) >> /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb && \
+  mkdir -p /assets/ && \
+  cp /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb /assets/gitlab.rb
 
 # Expose web & ssh
 EXPOSE 443 80 22
diff --git a/docker/assets/wrapper b/docker/assets/wrapper
index 966b2cab4a..8bc8370fbc 100755
--- a/docker/assets/wrapper
+++ b/docker/assets/wrapper
@@ -13,4 +13,9 @@ function entrypoint() {
     gitlab-ctl tail # tail all logs
 }
 
+if [[ ! -e /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb ]]; then
+	cp /assets/gitlab.rb /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
+	chmod 0600 /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb
+fi
+
 entrypoint