diff --git a/debian/conf/resque.yml b/debian/conf/resque.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c706be301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/conf/resque.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# If you change this file in a Merge Request, please also create
+# a Merge Request on https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/merge_requests
+#
+development: redis://localhost:6379
+test: redis://localhost:6379
+# default redis configuration in debian is tcp 
+#production: unix:/var/run/redis/redis.sock
+production: redis://localhost:6379
diff --git a/debian/install b/debian/install
index 8749b1218d..5c9df33050 100644
--- a/debian/install
+++ b/debian/install
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ debian/conf/gitlab etc/default
 debian/conf/unicorn.rb etc/gitlab
 debian/conf/database.yml etc/gitlab
 debian/conf/gitlab.yml etc/gitlab
+debian/conf/resque.yml etc/gitlab
 debian/conf/gitlab-debian.conf etc/gitlab
 debian/adduser.sh usr/lib/gitlab/scripts
 debian/grantpriv.sh usr/lib/gitlab/scripts