diff --git a/modules/gerrit/manifests/init.pp b/modules/gerrit/manifests/init.pp
index 2602216063..f2cb1d51ef 100644
--- a/modules/gerrit/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/gerrit/manifests/init.pp
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
 #     A URL for the remote contact store application
 #   replicate_local:
 #     A boolean enabling local replication for apache acceleration
+#   replicate_path:
+#     The path to the local git replica if replicate_local is enabled
 #   gitweb:
 #     A boolean enabling gitweb
 #   cgit:
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ class gerrit(
   $enable_melody = false,
   $melody_session = false,
   $replicate_local = false,
+  $replicate_path = '/var/lib/git',
   $replication = [],
   $gitweb = true,
   $cgit = false,
@@ -322,6 +325,7 @@ class gerrit(
   # - $ssl_chain_file
   # - $canonicalweburl
   # - $replicate_local
+  # - $replicate_path
   # - $contactstore
   # - $robots_txt_source
   apache::vhost { $vhost_name:
diff --git a/modules/gerrit/templates/gerrit.vhost.erb b/modules/gerrit/templates/gerrit.vhost.erb
index 6ebe3c17a8..d99c29d9a0 100644
--- a/modules/gerrit/templates/gerrit.vhost.erb
+++ b/modules/gerrit/templates/gerrit.vhost.erb
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@
 <% end -%>
 
 <% if scope.lookupvar("gerrit::replicate_local") -%>
-  SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/lib/git/
+  SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT <%= scope.lookupvar("gerrit::replicate_path") %>
   SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
 
-  AliasMatch ^/p/(.*/objects/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38})$ /var/lib/git/$1
-  AliasMatch ^/p/(.*/objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$ /var/lib/git/$1
+  AliasMatch ^/p/(.*/objects/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38})$ <%= scope.lookupvar("gerrit::replicate_path") %>/$1
+  AliasMatch ^/p/(.*/objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$ <%= scope.lookupvar("gerrit::replicate_path") %>/$1
   ScriptAlias /p/ /usr/lib/git-core/git-http-backend/
 <% end -%>
 
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/gerrit.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/gerrit.pp
index 20804e32ba..1487d0fa3a 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/gerrit.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/gerrit.pp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class openstack_project::gerrit (
   $replicate_local = true,
   $replication = [],
   $local_git_dir = '/var/lib/git',
+  $jeepyb_cache_dir = '/opt/lib/jeepyb',
   $cla_description = 'OpenStack Individual Contributor License Agreement',
   $cla_file = 'static/cla.html',
   $cla_id = '2',
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ class openstack_project::gerrit (
     mysql_password                      => $mysql_password,
     email_private_key                   => $email_private_key,
     replicate_local                     => $replicate_local,
+    replicate_path                      => $local_git_dir,
     replication                         => $replication,
     gitweb                              => $gitweb,
     cgit                                => $cgit,
@@ -338,7 +340,7 @@ class openstack_project::gerrit (
         weekday     => '0',
         hour        => '4',
         minute      => '7',
-        command     => 'find /var/lib/git/ -type d -name "*.git" -print -exec git --git-dir="{}" repack -afd \;',
+        command     => "find ${::local_git_dir} -type d -name \"*.git\" -print -exec git --git-dir=\"{}\" repack -afd \;",
         environment => 'PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin',
       }
     }
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/review_dev.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/review_dev.pp
index 4e9cd91518..7fb78d7bdc 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/review_dev.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/review_dev.pp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class openstack_project::review_dev (
     web_repo_url                    => 'https://git.openstack.org/cgit/',
     swift_username                  => $swift_username,
     swift_password                  => $swift_password,
+    local_git_dir                   => '/opt/lib/git',
     replication                     => [
       {
         name                 => 'github',
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ class openstack_project::review_dev (
       },
       {
         name                 => 'local',
-        url                  => 'file:///var/lib/git/',
+        url                  => 'file:///opt/lib/git/',
         replicationDelay     => '0',
         threads              => '4',
         mirror               => true,
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/templates/review-dev.projects.ini.erb b/modules/openstack_project/templates/review-dev.projects.ini.erb
index 089b1dc197..6a65e94774 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/templates/review-dev.projects.ini.erb
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/templates/review-dev.projects.ini.erb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 homepage=http://openstack.org
 acl-dir=/home/gerrit2/acls
 local-git-dir=<%= local_git_dir %>
+jeepyb-cache-dir=<%= jeepyb_cache_dir %>
 gerrit-host=<%= fqdn %>
 gerrit-user=openstack-dev-project-creator
 gerrit-key=<%= ssh_project_key %>
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/templates/review.projects.ini.erb b/modules/openstack_project/templates/review.projects.ini.erb
index 09a23624d6..6f94e0f8c1 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/templates/review.projects.ini.erb
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/templates/review.projects.ini.erb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 homepage=http://openstack.org
 acl-dir=/home/gerrit2/acls
 local-git-dir=<%= local_git_dir %>
+jeepyb-cache-dir=<%= jeepyb_cache_dir %>
 gerrit-host=<%= fqdn %>
 gerrit-user=openstack-project-creator
 gerrit-committer=OpenStack Project Creator <openstack-infra@lists.openstack.org>