diff --git a/packages/core/src/backends/gitlab/API.ts b/packages/core/src/backends/gitlab/API.ts
index c8c2983e..d3d98701 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/backends/gitlab/API.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/backends/gitlab/API.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export default class API {
     const fetchContent = async () => {
       const content = await this.request({
         url: `${this.repoURL}/repository/files/${encodeURIComponent(path)}/raw`,
-        params: { ref: branch },
+        params: { ref: branch, lfs: 'true' }, // lfs=true means that even if the file is stored in LFS, return the content
         cache: 'no-store',
       }).then<Blob | string>(parseText ? this.responseToText : this.responseToBlob);
       return content;
diff --git a/packages/docs/content/docs/gitlab-backend.mdx b/packages/docs/content/docs/gitlab-backend.mdx
index fde3e911..ef2e69dd 100644
--- a/packages/docs/content/docs/gitlab-backend.mdx
+++ b/packages/docs/content/docs/gitlab-backend.mdx
@@ -79,3 +79,7 @@ backend: {
 },
 ```
 </CodeTabs>
+
+## Git Large File Storage (LFS)
+
+The GitLab backend **does** support [git-lfs](https://git-lfs.github.com/).