diff --git a/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl b/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
--- a/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
+++ b/rhodecode/config/deployment.ini_tmpl
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ app_instance_uuid = ${app_instance_uuid}
 cut_off_limit = 256000
 force_https = false 
 commit_parse_limit = 50
+use_gravatar = true
 
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 ###        CELERY CONFIG        ####