diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index ebaa2a2..ce38979 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ gitea_start_lfs: 'true'
 gitea_lfs_content_path: '{{ gitea_data_dir }}/data/lfs'
 #gitea_lfs_jwt_secret: put it into a vault file
 gitea_lfs_http_auth_expiry: 20m
+gitea_lfs_configuration:
+  - { section: 'server', option: 'LFS_START_SERVER', value: '{{ gitea_start_lfs }}', state: 'present' }
+  - { section: 'server', option: 'LFS_HTTP_AUTH_EXPIRY', value: '{{ gitea_lfs_http_auth_expiry }}', state: 'present' }
+  - { section: 'server', option: 'LFS_CONTENT_PATH', value: '{{ gitea_lfs_content_path }}', state: 'absent' }
+  - { section: 'lfs', option: 'PATH', value: '{{ gitea_lfs_content_path }}', state: 'present' }
 
 gitea_required_packages:
   - git
diff --git a/tasks/gitea.yml b/tasks/gitea.yml
index d89c5a0..95bd0f6 100644
--- a/tasks/gitea.yml
+++ b/tasks/gitea.yml
@@ -157,6 +157,19 @@
       when: gitea_enable_repository_archives_cron_jobs
       notify: Restart gitea
 
+    - name: gitea | LFS configuration
+      community.general.ini_file:
+        path: '{{ gitea_conf_dir }}/app.ini'
+        section: '{{ item.section }}'
+        option: '{{ item.option }}'
+        value: '{{ item.value }}'
+        state: '{{ item.state }}'
+        owner: '{{ gitea_user }}'
+        group: '{{ gitea_group }}'
+        mode: '0640'
+        create: false
+      loop: '{{ gitea_lfs_configuration }}'
+      notify: Restart gitea
 
 - name: gitea | Gitea systemd service
   tags: ['git', 'gitea', 'gitea_service']
diff --git a/templates/app.ini.j2 b/templates/app.ini.j2
index 48a9957..5a8efbc 100644
--- a/templates/app.ini.j2
+++ b/templates/app.ini.j2
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ MAX_CREATION_LIMIT = {{ gitea_max_repository_per_user }}
 PROTOCOL = {{ gitea_server_protocol }}
 HTTP_ADDR = {{ gitea_http_addr }}
 LANDING_PAGE = {{ gitea_landing_page }}
-LFS_START_SERVER = {{ gitea_start_lfs }}
-LFS_CONTENT_PATH = {{ gitea_lfs_content_path }}
-LFS_HTTP_AUTH_EXPIRY = {{ gitea_lfs_http_auth_expiry }}
 SSH_DOMAIN           = {{ gitea_hostname }}
 DOMAIN               = {{ gitea_hostname }}
 HTTP_PORT            = {{ gitea_http_port }}