diff --git a/debian/conf/gitlab-debian.conf.example b/debian/conf/gitlab-debian.conf.example
index 1ef2d433b4..ebf2701131 100644
--- a/debian/conf/gitlab-debian.conf.example
+++ b/debian/conf/gitlab-debian.conf.example
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Variables with all caps are passed to gitlab app
 RAILS_ENV=production
 DB=postgres
+# This will be replaced by debian/rules at the time of build.
+GITLAB_DEBIAN_VERSION="__NEW_VERSION__"
+SALSA_TAG_URL="https://salsa.debian.org/ruby-team/gitlab/tags/debian/"
 gitlab_app_root=/usr/share/gitlab
 gitlab_data_dir=/var/lib/gitlab
 gitlab_pid_path=/run/gitlab
diff --git a/debian/gitlab.postinst b/debian/gitlab.postinst
index 26dd923f36..eacd940c02 100755
--- a/debian/gitlab.postinst
+++ b/debian/gitlab.postinst
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ test -f ${gitlab_common_defaults} && . ${gitlab_common_defaults}
 # Read debian specific configuration
 #######################################################################
 
-test -f ${gitlab_debian_conf_private} || cp ${gitlab_debian_conf_example} ${gitlab_debian_conf_private}
+# Always copy the example configuration file in case there are newer entries
+# added by maintainer
+cp ${gitlab_debian_conf_example} ${gitlab_debian_conf_private}
 . ${gitlab_debian_conf_private}
 
 # If /etc/gitlab/gitlab-debian.conf is already present, use it
diff --git a/debian/patches/0700-add-salsa-link-to-help.patch b/debian/patches/0700-add-salsa-link-to-help.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68e49a4763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0700-add-salsa-link-to-help.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Description: Use link to gitlab project on Salsa in help page
+Author: Balasankar C <balasankarc@debian.org>
+Last-Update: 2018-12-16
+---
+This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
+--- a/app/helpers/version_check_helper.rb
++++ b/app/helpers/version_check_helper.rb
+@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
+   end
+ 
+   def link_to_version
+-    if Gitlab.pre_release?
++    if ENV['GITLAB_DEBIAN_VERSION'] && ENV['SALSA_TAG_URL']
++      debian_tag = ENV['GITLAB_DEBIAN_VERSION'].gsub('~', '_')
++      link_to ENV['GITLAB_DEBIAN_VERSION'], ENV['SALSA_TAG_URL'] + debian_tag
++    elsif Gitlab.pre_release?
+       commit_link = link_to(Gitlab.revision, Gitlab::COM_URL + namespace_project_commits_path('gitlab-org', source_code_project, Gitlab.revision))
+       [Gitlab::VERSION, content_tag(:small, commit_link)].join(' ').html_safe
+     else
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index c6ead516f4..1ddf141170 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@
 0670-allow-doorkeepr-4_3.patch
 0680-rails-5_2.patch
 0690-debian-usage-ping.patch
+0700-add-salsa-link-to-help.patch
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 0cc07d592d..00ea826afe 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 
+include /usr/share/dpkg/pkg-info.mk
+
 %:
 	dh $@ --with=systemd
 
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ override_dh_install:
 	mv debian/gitlab/usr/share/gitlab/app/assets/javascripts/locale \
 	debian/gitlab/usr/share/gitlab/app/assets/javascripts/locale.static
 	mv debian/gitlab/var/lib/gitlab/db/schema.rb debian/gitlab/var/lib/gitlab/db/schema.rb.template
+	sed -i 's/__NEW_VERSION__/${DEB_VERSION}/g' debian/gitlab/usr/lib/gitlab/templates/gitlab-debian.conf.example
 
 override_dh_installinit:
 	dh_installinit --no-start -p gitlab --name=gitlab-sidekiq