diff --git a/debian/gitlab.install b/debian/gitlab.install
index 66417359d6..4e8de59e50 100644
--- a/debian/gitlab.install
+++ b/debian/gitlab.install
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ lib usr/share/gitlab
 locale usr/share/gitlab
 MAINTENANCE.md usr/share/gitlab
 metrics_server usr/share/gitlab 
-package.json var/lib/gitlab
+package.json usr/share/gitlab
 patches var/lib/gitlab
 PHILOSOPHY.md usr/share/gitlab
 PROCESS.md usr/share/gitlab
diff --git a/debian/gitlab.links b/debian/gitlab.links
index 4b9ff61664..98bc3a053f 100644
--- a/debian/gitlab.links
+++ b/debian/gitlab.links
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var/lib/gitlab/public usr/share/gitlab/public
 var/lib/gitlab/shared usr/share/gitlab/shared
 var/lib/gitlab/db usr/share/gitlab/db
 var/lib/gitlab/node_modules usr/share/gitlab/node_modules
-var/lib/gitlab/package.json usr/share/gitlab/package.json
+usr/share/gitlab/package.json var/lib/gitlab/package.json
 var/lib/gitlab/yarn-error.log usr/share/gitlab/yarn-error.log
 usr/share/gitlab/yarn.lock var/lib/gitlab/yarn.lock
 var/lib/gitlab/.yarn usr/share/gitlab/.yarn