diff --git a/roles/distgit/files/genacls.sh b/roles/distgit/files/genacls.sh
index 26f6464fc8..abc1a929f1 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/files/genacls.sh
+++ b/roles/distgit/files/genacls.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cd $TEMPDIR
 if /usr/local/bin/genacls.pkgdb > gitolite.conf ; then
     mv gitolite.conf /etc/gitolite/conf/
     chown gen-acls:gen-acls -R /etc/gitolite/conf/
-    sudo -u gen-acls /usr/bin/gitolite compile
+    HOME=/srv/git /usr/bin/gitolite compile
 fi
 cd /
 rm -rf $TEMPDIR