diff --git a/.pkgr.yml b/.pkgr.yml
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+user: git
+group: git
+before_precompile: ./bin/pkgr_before_precompile.sh
+targets:
+  debian-7: &wheezy
+    build_dependencies:
+      - libicu-dev
+    dependencies:
+      - libicu48
+      - libpcre3
+      - git
+  ubuntu-12.04: *wheezy
+  ubuntu-14.04:
+    build_dependencies:
+      - libicu-dev
+    dependencies:
+      - libicu52
+      - libpcre3
+      - git
diff --git a/bin/pkgr_before_precompile.sh b/bin/pkgr_before_precompile.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+for file in config/*.yml.example; do
+  cp ${file} config/$(basename ${file} .example)
+done
+
+# Allow to override the Gitlab URL from an environment variable, as this will avoid having to change the configuration file for simple deployments.
+config=$(echo '<% gitlab_url = URI(ENV["GITLAB_URL"] || "http://localhost:80") %>' | cat - config/gitlab.yml)
+echo "$config" > config/gitlab.yml
+sed -i "s/host: localhost/host: <%= gitlab_url.host %>/" config/gitlab.yml
+sed -i "s/port: 80/port: <%= gitlab_url.port %>/" config/gitlab.yml
+sed -i "s/https: false/https: <%= gitlab_url.scheme == 'https' %>/" config/gitlab.yml
+
+# No need for config file. Will be taken care of by REDIS_URL env variable
+rm config/resque.yml
+
+# Set default unicorn.rb file
+echo "" > config/unicorn.rb
+
+# Required for assets precompilation
+sudo service postgresql start