diff --git a/debian/patches/0790-protobuf-compat.patch b/debian/patches/0790-protobuf-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46ccfc5511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/0790-protobuf-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+From 3c23634c00ce6c03ea67d74bbfde593a694cee07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org>
+Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 13:10:23 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix protobuf compatibility (Thanks to Stan Hu)
+
+---
+ lib/api/helpers/internal_helpers.rb | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- a/lib/api/helpers/internal_helpers.rb
++++ b/lib/api/helpers/internal_helpers.rb
+@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
+         return unless %w[git-receive-pack git-upload-pack git-upload-archive].include?(action)
+ 
+         {
+-          repository: repository.gitaly_repository,
++          repository: repository.gitaly_repository.to_h,
+           address: Gitlab::GitalyClient.address(project.repository_storage),
+           token: Gitlab::GitalyClient.token(project.repository_storage),
+           features: Feature::Gitaly.server_feature_flags
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 8bb0395120..6e4098eed0 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@
 0740-use-packaged-modules.patch
 0750-fix-relative-paths.patch
 0760-update-grape.patch
+0790-protobuf-compat.patch