diff --git a/debian/gitlab.postinst b/debian/gitlab.postinst
index bfd83f44e2..e9dd6e70ba 100755
--- a/debian/gitlab.postinst
+++ b/debian/gitlab.postinst
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ case "$1" in
     mkdir -p ${gitlab_pid_path}
     chown ${gitlab_user}: ${gitlab_data_dir}/public ${gitlab_cache_path} \
     ${gitlab_log_dir} ${gitlab_shell_log} ${gitlab_pid_path} \
-    ${gitlab_data_dir}/db ${gitlab_data_dir}/locale
+    ${gitlab_data_dir}/db ${gitlab_data_dir}/locale ${gitlab_data_dir}/shared \
+    ${gitlab_data_dir}/shared/*
     for i in ${gitlab_repo_path} ${gitlab_uploads_path}\
     ${gitlab_shell_log} ${gitlab_builds_log}; do
       runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c "mkdir -p $i"