diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/manage-projects.j2 b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/manage-projects.j2
index aa68f41c75..d1ac4f0406 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/manage-projects.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/manage-projects.j2
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 exec docker run --rm --net=host -u root \
   -v{{ gerrit_project_config_base }}:/opt/project-config \
+  -v{{ gerrit_project_config_base }}/acls:/home/gerrit2/acls \
   -v{{ gerrit_project_config_base }}/gerrit/projects.yaml:/home/gerrit2/projects.yaml \
   -v/opt/lib/git:/opt/lib/git \
   -v/opt/lib/jeepyb:/opt/lib/jeepyb \
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/projects.ini.j2 b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/projects.ini.j2
index 20b0d505d6..fe45ab3224 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/projects.ini.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/templates/projects.ini.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [projects]
 homepage=https://opendev.org
-acl-dir=/opt/project-config/gerrit/acls
+acl-dir=/home/gerrit2/acls
 local-git-dir=/opt/lib/git
 jeepyb-cache-dir=/opt/lib/jeepyb
 gerrit-host={{ gerrit_vhost_name }}