diff --git a/debian/gitlab.postinst b/debian/gitlab.postinst
index 9cae58fd45..bd564d5b3a 100755
--- a/debian/gitlab.postinst
+++ b/debian/gitlab.postinst
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ case "$1" in
     # Create locale for app/assets/javascripts/locale
     runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c "mkdir -p ${gitlab_data_dir}/locale"
     # Create more required directories
+    chown ${gitlab_user} ${gitlab_data_dir}/public
     for i in ${gitlab_repo_path} ${gitlab_cache_path} ${gitlab_uploads_path}\
     ${gitlab_pid_path} ${gitlab_log_dir} ${gitlab_shell_log} ${gitlab_builds_log}; do
       runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c "mkdir -p $i"