diff --git a/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template b/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
index 35251f9fa971cc66e9befb502d7761845f276414_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvbmZpZy10ZW1wbGF0ZS9naXRsYWIucmIudGVtcGxhdGU=..14b0998662b2344a482c92881feeca1ff5bd1170_ZmlsZXMvZ2l0bGFiLWNvbmZpZy10ZW1wbGF0ZS9naXRsYWIucmIudGVtcGxhdGU= 100644
--- a/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
+++ b/files/gitlab-config-template/gitlab.rb.template
@@ -2666,6 +2666,7 @@
 #       memory_bytes: 12884901888,
 #       cpu_shares: 128,
 #       cpu_quota_us: 200000
+#       max_cgroups_per_repo: 2
 #     },
 #   },
 #   concurrency: [
diff --git a/spec/chef/cookbooks/gitaly/recipes/gitaly_spec.rb b/spec/chef/cookbooks/gitaly/recipes/gitaly_spec.rb
index 35251f9fa971cc66e9befb502d7761845f276414_c3BlYy9jaGVmL2Nvb2tib29rcy9naXRhbHkvcmVjaXBlcy9naXRhbHlfc3BlYy5yYg==..14b0998662b2344a482c92881feeca1ff5bd1170_c3BlYy9jaGVmL2Nvb2tib29rcy9naXRhbHkvcmVjaXBlcy9naXRhbHlfc3BlYy5yYg== 100644
--- a/spec/chef/cookbooks/gitaly/recipes/gitaly_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/chef/cookbooks/gitaly/recipes/gitaly_spec.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
   let(:cgroups_repositories_memory_bytes) { 1048576 }
   let(:cgroups_repositories_cpu_shares) { 128 }
   let(:cgroups_repositories_cpu_quota_us) { 200000 }
+  let(:cgroups_repositories_max_cgroups_per_repo) { 2 }
   let(:pack_objects_cache_enabled) { true }
   let(:pack_objects_cache_dir) { '/pack-objects-cache' }
   let(:pack_objects_cache_max_age) { '10m' }
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@
                 memory_bytes: cgroups_repositories_memory_bytes,
                 cpu_shares: cgroups_repositories_cpu_shares,
                 cpu_quota_us: cgroups_repositories_cpu_quota_us,
+                max_cgroups_per_repo: cgroups_repositories_max_cgroups_per_repo,
               }
             },
           },
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@
         %r{memory_bytes = #{cgroups_repositories_memory_bytes}},
         %r{cpu_shares = #{cgroups_repositories_cpu_shares}},
         %r{cpu_quota_us = #{cgroups_repositories_cpu_quota_us}},
+        %r{max_cgroups_per_repo = #{cgroups_repositories_max_cgroups_per_repo}},
       ].map(&:to_s).join('\s+'))
 
       expect(chef_run).to render_file(config_path).with_content { |content|