diff --git a/applications/gitlab.nix b/applications/gitlab.nix
index 4731ff4..3cad0d8 100644
--- a/applications/gitlab.nix
+++ b/applications/gitlab.nix
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@
           # default for pages is set to 8090 but that leaves an "ugly" port in the url,
           # override it here to make it look good
           port = 80;
+          external_http = ["${cfg.host.ip}:80"];
         };
       };
     };