diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/tasks/main.yaml
index 17287ea6ba..55b353561b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -244,6 +244,14 @@
     - manage-projects
     - track-upstream
 
+- name: Write projects.ini
+  template:
+    src: projects.ini.j2
+    dest: /home/gerrit2/projects.ini
+    owner: gerrit2
+    group: gerrit2
+    mode: 0600
+
 - name: Install apache2
   apt:
     name: