diff --git a/modules/cgit/templates/git.vhost.erb b/modules/cgit/templates/git.vhost.erb
index 9cb587199f..d17f16a3b0 100644
--- a/modules/cgit/templates/git.vhost.erb
+++ b/modules/cgit/templates/git.vhost.erb
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteRule ^/$ /cgit [R]
 
+  SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/lib/git/
+  SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
+
+  AliasMatch ^/(.*/objects/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38})$ /var/lib/git/$1
+  AliasMatch ^/(.*/objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$ /var/lib/git/$1
+  ScriptAlias / /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/
+
   ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/git-error.log
 
   LogLevel warn
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/git/cgitrc b/modules/openstack_project/files/git/cgitrc
index 937c7121cd..15e68a490d 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/git/cgitrc
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/git/cgitrc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 cache-size=0
 
 # Specify some default clone prefixes
-clone-prefix=git://git.openstack.org https://git.openstack.org/cgit
+clone-prefix=git://git.openstack.org https://git.openstack.org
 
 # Specify the css url
 css=/cgit-data/cgit.css