diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/status.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/status.rake
index 96b8886f..bc4e86ea 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/status.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/status.rake
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace :gitlab do
       end
 
       print "UMASK for .gitolite.rc is 0007? ............"
-      unless open("#{git_base_path}/../.gitolite.rc").grep(/REPO_UMASK = 0007/).empty?
+      unless open("#{git_base_path}/../.gitolite.rc").grep(/UMASK([ \t]*)=([ \t>]*)0007/).empty?
         puts "YES".green 
       else
         puts "NO".red