diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index d988126..79e8f75 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -358,6 +358,11 @@ class gerrit(
   a2mod { 'proxy_http':
     ensure => present,
   }
+  if ! defined(A2mod['cgi']) {
+    a2mod { 'cgi':
+      ensure => present,
+    }
+  }
 
   if $ssl_cert_file_contents != '' {
     file { $ssl_cert_file:
diff --git a/templates/gerrit.vhost.erb b/templates/gerrit.vhost.erb
index dcd7fe8..ddfd8be 100644
--- a/templates/gerrit.vhost.erb
+++ b/templates/gerrit.vhost.erb
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@
     Order allow,deny
     Allow from all
   </Directory>
-
+  <Directory /usr/lib/git-core>
+    Allow from all
+    Satisfy Any
+  </Directory>
 
 </VirtualHost>
 </IfModule>