1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config/settings.rb b/config/settings.rb
index a9e91ce22d7..144a068ef2a 100644
--- a/config/settings.rb
+++ b/config/settings.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 require 'settingslogic'
 require 'digest/md5'
 
+# We can not use `Rails.root` here, as this file might be loaded without the
+# full Rails environment being loaded. We can not use `require_relative` either,
+# as Rails uses `load` for `require_dependency` (used when loading the Rails
+# environment). This could then lead to this file being loaded twice.
+require_dependency File.expand_path('../lib/gitlab', __dir__)
+
 class Settings < Settingslogic
   source ENV.fetch('GITLAB_CONFIG') { Pathname.new(File.expand_path('..', __dir__)).join('config/gitlab.yml') }
   namespace ENV.fetch('GITLAB_ENV') { Rails.env }