diff --git a/debian/gitlab.links b/debian/gitlab.links
index da62ed6fef..e3ceaadc02 100644
--- a/debian/gitlab.links
+++ b/debian/gitlab.links
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var/lib/gitlab/public usr/share/gitlab/public
+var/lib/gitlab/cache usr/share/gitlab/shared/cache
 var/log/gitlab usr/share/gitlab/log
 run/gitlab usr/share/gitlab/tmp
 etc/gitlab usr/share/gitlab/config
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 2ebf3a0b0a..7be9080863 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ case "$1" in
     . /usr/lib/gitlab/scripts/adduser.sh
 
     gitlab_repo_path=${gitlab_data_dir}/repositories
+    gitlab_cache_path=${gitlab_data_dir}/cache
     gitlab_uploads_path=${gitlab_data_dir}/public/uploads
 
     # Create directories and change ownership
-    for i in ${gitlab_repo_path} ${gitlab_uploads_path} ${gitlab_pid_path}\
-    ${gitlab_log_dir} ${gitlab_shell_log}; do
+    for i in ${gitlab_repo_path} ${gitlab_cache_path} ${gitlab_uploads_path}\
+    ${gitlab_pid_path} ${gitlab_log_dir} ${gitlab_shell_log}; do
       mkdir -p $i
       chown -R ${gitlab_user}: $i
     done