diff --git a/roles/distgit/files/setup_git_package b/roles/distgit/files/setup_git_package
index 3a9696e0a1..df76927300 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/files/setup_git_package
+++ b/roles/distgit/files/setup_git_package
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ popd >/dev/null
 # This one kicks off all the others in update-chained.d
 #ln -s /usr/share/git-core/update-chained $GITROOT/$PACKAGE.git/hooks/update
 
+# Place the gitolite update hook in place since we're not using our own
+ln -s /etc/gitolite/hooks/common/update $GITROOT/$PACKAGE.git/hooks/update
+
+
 # Setup our post-receive hooks
 mkdir -p $GITROOT/$PACKAGE.git/hooks/post-receive-chained.d
 ln -s /usr/share/git-core/mail-hooks/gnome-post-receive-email \