diff --git a/debian/gitlab.links b/debian/gitlab.links
index 1b9f602036..014f610fe8 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/yarn.lock usr/share/gitlab/yarn.lock
+/var/lib/gitlab/yarn.lock /usr/share/gitlab/yarn.lock
 var/lib/gitlab/yarn-error.log usr/share/gitlab/yarn-error.log
 var/lib/gitlab/.ssh usr/share/gitlab/.ssh
 var/lib/gitlab/.bundle usr/share/gitlab/.bundle
diff --git a/debian/gitlab.postinst b/debian/gitlab.postinst
index 0b00790fcf..c1131750c7 100755
--- a/debian/gitlab.postinst
+++ b/debian/gitlab.postinst
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ case "$1" in
       chown ${gitlab_user}: $i
     done
 
+    # Make yarn.lock writable
+    chown ${gitlab_user}: /usr/share/gitlab/yarn.lock
+
     runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c "chmod 700 ${gitlab_uploads_path}"
     runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 'git config --global core.autocrlf "input"'