diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/qadevel-stg b/inventory/group_vars/qadevel-stg
index a1876bc1f2..550711763f 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/qadevel-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/qadevel-stg
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ mariadb_password: '{{ qadevel_stg_mariadb_password }}'
 phabricator_db_prefix: 'phabricatorstg'
 enable_phabricator_git: True
 phabricator_vcs_user: git
+phabricator_vcs_user_password: '{{ qadevel_stg_vcs_user_password }}'
 phabricator_daemon_user: phabdaemon
 phabroot: /usr/share/
 phabricator_filedir: /var/lib/phabricator/files
diff --git a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
index ec37022462..cfbee228e2 100644
--- a/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/phabricator/tasks/main.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   user: name={{ phabricator_daemon_user }}
 
 - name: create vcs user
-  user: name={{ phabricator_vcs_user }}
+  user: name={{ phabricator_vcs_user }} password={{ phabricator_vcs_user_password }}
   when: enable_phabricator_git
 
 - name: add vcs user to sudoers to write as daemon user with restrictions for git