diff --git a/debian/gitlab.postinst b/debian/gitlab.postinst
index 26b419fafc..b770cd0118 100755
--- a/debian/gitlab.postinst
+++ b/debian/gitlab.postinst
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ case "$1" in
     # Make yarn.lock writable
     chown ${gitlab_user}: /var/lib/gitlab/yarn.lock
 
+    # Make db/structure.sql writable
+    chown ${gitlab_user}: /var/lib/gitlab/db/structure.sql
+
     runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c "chmod 700 ${gitlab_uploads_path}"
     runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 'git config --global core.autocrlf "input"'