diff --git a/roles/postfwd/templates/postfwd.cf.j2 b/roles/postfwd/templates/postfwd.cf.j2
index 486f41c279f986df9cf1ed6e940a03cfe64ceb4e..04c05b8dec2afcec89dbcee4878ece72fee7e683 100644
--- a/roles/postfwd/templates/postfwd.cf.j2
+++ b/roles/postfwd/templates/postfwd.cf.j2
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 # no rate-limit for some authenticated users
 &&NO_RATE_LIMIT_USERS {
+        sasl_username=gitlab
         sasl_username=aur;
 };
 id=NoRateLimit;