diff --git a/debian/patches/0017-loosen-redcarpet.patch b/debian/patches/0017-loosen-redcarpet.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..73df948689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0017-loosen-redcarpet.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: gitlab/Gemfile
+===================================================================
+--- gitlab.orig/Gemfile
++++ gitlab/Gemfile
+@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ gem "seed-fu", '~> 2.3.5'
+ gem 'html-pipeline', '~> 1.11.0'
+ gem 'task_list',     '~> 1.0.2', require: 'task_list/railtie'
+ gem 'github-markup', '~> 1.3.1'
+-gem 'redcarpet',     '~> 3.3.2'
++gem 'redcarpet',     '~> 3.2.3'
+ gem 'RedCloth',      '~> 4.2.9'
+ gem 'rdoc',          '~>3.6'
+ gem 'org-ruby',      '~> 0.9.12'
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 21a5c85a6d..46233c9ea1 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ loosen-rails-version.patch
 0014-loosen-haml-rails.patch
 0015-loosen-carrierwave.patch
 0016-loosen-fog.patch
+0017-loosen-redcarpet.patch