diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fb73b66814..958851e2e6 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 gitlab (8.4.3+dfsg-8) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
-  * Install tmpfiles.d/gitlab.conf (Closes: #814713)
+  * Install tmpfiles.d/gitlab.conf and allow www-data user to read /run/gitlab
+    (Closes: #814713)
   * Switch to sendmail method by default. 
 
  -- Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org>  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:58:17 +0530
diff --git a/debian/conf/tmpfiles.d/gitlab.conf b/debian/conf/tmpfiles.d/gitlab.conf
index 297c5bb139..0a010e984e 100644
--- a/debian/conf/tmpfiles.d/gitlab.conf
+++ b/debian/conf/tmpfiles.d/gitlab.conf
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d /run/gitlab 2750 gitlab gitlab -
+d /run/gitlab 2750 gitlab www-data -