diff --git a/Capfile b/Capfile
index bccdc3ab9..b565fae23 100644
--- a/Capfile
+++ b/Capfile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require 'capistrano/rvm'
 require 'capistrano/bundler'
 require 'capistrano/rails/assets'
 require 'capistrano/rails/migrations'
+require 'capistrano/passenger'
 
 # Load custom tasks from `lib/capistrano/tasks` if you have any defined
 Dir.glob('lib/capistrano/tasks/*.rake').each { |r| import r }
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 68069b954..3ede96cce 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "capistrano-bundler", '1.1.4',   require: false
   gem "capistrano-rails", '1.1.3',     require: false
   gem "capistrano-rvm",                require: false
+  gem "capistrano-passenger",          require: false
 end
 
 group :test do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bda9c97b3..bdeda8b6e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ GEM
     capistrano-bundler (1.1.4)
       capistrano (~> 3.1)
       sshkit (~> 1.2)
+    capistrano-passenger (0.1.1)
+      capistrano (~> 3.0)
     capistrano-rails (1.1.3)
       capistrano (~> 3.1)
       capistrano-bundler (~> 1.1)
@@ -294,6 +296,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   byebug
   capistrano (= 3.4.0)
   capistrano-bundler (= 1.1.4)
+  capistrano-passenger
   capistrano-rails (= 1.1.3)
   capistrano-rvm
   capybara
diff --git a/config/deploy/staging.rb b/config/deploy/staging.rb
index 9a2008ddc..5ca436c42 100644
--- a/config/deploy/staging.rb
+++ b/config/deploy/staging.rb
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ set :deploy_to, deploysecret(:deploy_to)
 set :branch, :master
 set :ssh_options, port: deploysecret(:ssh_port)
 
+set :passenger_restart_with_sudo, false
+
 server deploysecret(:server), user: deploysecret(:user), roles: %w(web app db importer)