diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index e15d1bd2c9..7f919ac7c3 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         state=directory mode=0775
 
 - name: create /etc/gitolite/gitolite.rc
-  copy: src=gitolite.rc dest=/etc/gitolite/gitolite.rc owner=root group=root mode=0755
+  template: src=gitolite.rc dest=/etc/gitolite/gitolite.rc owner=root group=root mode=0755
 
 - name: Create the rpms symlink (should not be needed, might still be used by some old scripts)
   command: ln -s /srv/git/repositories / /srv/git/rpms
diff --git a/roles/distgit/files/gitolite.rc b/roles/distgit/templates/gitolite.rc
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/distgit/files/gitolite.rc
rename to roles/distgit/templates/gitolite.rc