diff --git a/roles/borg_client/templates/backup-gitlab.sh.j2 b/roles/borg_client/templates/backup-gitlab.sh.j2
index 84b15ed34f9a5ab490c99b3ae4aef86df200abbf..f6480ca79601bdce92df1865cfe99d4b18b92e45 100644
--- a/roles/borg_client/templates/backup-gitlab.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/borg_client/templates/backup-gitlab.sh.j2
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ echo "emptying backup directory ${backupdir}"
 # Verify that the gitlab_backupdir in ansible was defined, otherwise we will rm /* and remove the previous backup
 rm -r "${backupdir:?backup dir unset}/"*
 
-docker exec gitlab gitlab-backup create STRATEGY=copy SKIP=tar
+docker exec gitlab gitlab-backup create STRATEGY=copy SKIP=tar GZIP_RSYNCABLE=yes