diff --git a/debian/patches/tweaks/0060-fix-relative-paths.patch b/debian/patches/tweaks/0060-fix-relative-paths.patch
index 6d9b65e29e..1fb71e1edd 100644
--- a/debian/patches/tweaks/0060-fix-relative-paths.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/tweaks/0060-fix-relative-paths.patch
@@ -25,3 +25,12 @@ Debian specific patch to adapt to debian policy mandated paths
  
  # Initialize the Rails application.
  Rails.application.initialize!
+--- a/config/initializers_before_autoloader/001_fast_gettext.rb
++++ b/config/initializers_before_autoloader/001_fast_gettext.rb
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ # frozen_string_literal: true
+ 
+-require_relative '../../lib/gitlab/i18n'
++require_relative '/usr/share/gitlab/lib/gitlab/i18n'
+ 
+ Gitlab::I18n.setup(domain: 'gitlab', default_locale: :en)