diff --git a/debian/gitlab-rails-console.sh b/debian/gitlab-rails-console.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..73148c626a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/gitlab-rails-console.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+# Read debian specific configuration
+. /etc/gitlab-common/gitlab-common.conf
+. /etc/gitlab/gitlab-debian.conf
+export DB RAILS_ENV
+
+cd /usr/share/gitlab
+
+runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c "/usr/bin/bundle exec rails console -e production"
diff --git a/debian/gitlab.install b/debian/gitlab.install
index a79b1c17e1..3b6722576b 100644
--- a/debian/gitlab.install
+++ b/debian/gitlab.install
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ debian/conf/nginx.conf.example usr/lib/gitlab/templates
 debian/conf/nginx.ssl.conf.example usr/lib/gitlab/templates
 debian/rake-tasks.sh usr/lib/gitlab/scripts
 debian/gitlab-rake.sh usr/lib/gitlab/scripts
+debian/gitlab-rails-console.sh usr/lib/gitlab/scripts
 babel.config.js usr/share/gitlab
 app usr/share/gitlab
 bin usr/share/gitlab
diff --git a/debian/gitlab.links b/debian/gitlab.links
index 1b9f602036..94291b4f4d 100644
--- a/debian/gitlab.links
+++ b/debian/gitlab.links
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ usr/share/javascript/fuzzaldrin/fuzzaldrin-plus.js usr/share/gitlab/vendor/asset
 /var/lib/gitlab/.gitlab_shell_secret    /usr/share/gitlab/.gitlab_shell_secret
 /var/lib/gitlab/Gemfile.lock    /usr/share/gitlab/Gemfile.lock
 /usr/lib/gitlab/scripts/gitlab-rake.sh  /usr/sbin/gitlab-rake
+/usr/lib/gitlab/scripts/gitlab-rails-console.sh  /usr/sbin/gitlab-rails-console