diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0549a7ef83..fb00b19bcb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+gitlab (8.5.8+dfsg-2) experimental; urgency=medium
+
+  * Change letsencrypt from depends to recommends 
+
+ -- Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org>  Sun, 03 Apr 2016 11:09:51 +0530
+
 gitlab (8.5.8+dfsg-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 33dfb335e2..c5220a050c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ruby | ruby-interpreter,
  redis-server (>= 2:2.8~),
  nodejs (>= 4~),
  nginx,
- letsencrypt,
  gitlab-shell (>= 2.6.10~),
  gitlab-workhorse (>= 0.6.2~),
  ruby-rails (>= 2:4.2.4~),
@@ -206,6 +205,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ruby | ruby-interpreter,
  libjs-chartjs,
  libjs-graphael,
  libjs-fuzzaldrin-plus
+Recommends: letsencrypt
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