diff --git a/roles/debian/gitlab/defaults/main.yml b/roles/debian/gitlab/defaults/main.yml
index ba7d1b4e5..225d7a2cf 100644
--- a/roles/debian/gitlab/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/gitlab/defaults/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ gitlab:
   apt_origin: "origin=packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce,codename=${distro_codename},label=gitlab-ce" # used by apt_unattended_upgrades
   apt_signed_by: https://packages.gitlab.com/gitlab/gitlab-ce/gpgkey
   server_name: "gitlab.{{ _domain_name }}"
+  ssh_url: "" # custom SSH URL. Similar to https one if empty.
   force_stop: true # whether to stop GitLab to reconfigure or not
   # Add a record for GitLab in AWS Route 53
   # If you use the aws_ec2_with_eip role to create your server this will not be necessary
diff --git a/roles/debian/gitlab/templates/gitlab.rb.j2 b/roles/debian/gitlab/templates/gitlab.rb.j2
index 18714deaf..b31c6f6d3 100644
--- a/roles/debian/gitlab/templates/gitlab.rb.j2
+++ b/roles/debian/gitlab/templates/gitlab.rb.j2
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ external_url 'https://{{ gitlab.server_name }}'
 ## gitlab.yml configuration
 ##! Docs: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab/blob/master/doc/settings/gitlab.yml.md
 ################################################################################
+{% if (gitlab.ssh_url | length > 0) %}
+gitlab_rails['gitlab_ssh_host'] = {{ gitlab.ssh_url }}"
+{% else %}
 # gitlab_rails['gitlab_ssh_host'] = 'ssh.host_example.com'
+{% endif %}
 # gitlab_rails['time_zone'] = 'UTC'
 
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