diff --git a/cmd/gitaly-ssh/upload_pack.go b/cmd/gitaly-ssh/upload_pack.go
index c6fbf4b89afb8ad85e69cd21365406c4f3162798..ea005a4e5df776034e92198205b445cf7c23053f 100644
--- a/cmd/gitaly-ssh/upload_pack.go
+++ b/cmd/gitaly-ssh/upload_pack.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb"
 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/client"
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ func uploadPack(ctx context.Context, conn *grpc.ClientConn, req string) (int32,
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("json unmarshal: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	gitConfig := os.Getenv("GL_CONFIG_OPTIONS")
+
+	if len(gitConfig) > 0 {
+		request.GitConfigOptions = append(request.GitConfigOptions, strings.Split(gitConfig, " ")...)
+	}
+
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	defer cancel()