diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 82bf0d0c9e..c3b79c2735 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ gitlab (8.9.0+dfsg~rc4-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Refresh patches
   * Use jquery in place of jquery2 (debian has only jquery and it has same API)
   * Remove /etc/gitlab/initializers/devise_async.rb (removed upstream)
+  * Symlink /usr/share/gitlab/.ssh to var/lib/gitlab/.ssh
 
  -- Pirate Praveen <praveen@debian.org>  Thu, 16 Jun 2016 21:51:02 +0530
 
diff --git a/debian/gitlab.links b/debian/gitlab.links
index e88b13b93b..541bdd4dd0 100644
--- a/debian/gitlab.links
+++ b/debian/gitlab.links
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 var/lib/gitlab/public usr/share/gitlab/public
 var/lib/gitlab/shared usr/share/gitlab/shared
 var/lib/gitlab/db usr/share/gitlab/db
+var/lib/gitlab/.ssh usr/share/gitlab/.ssh
 var/log/gitlab usr/share/gitlab/log
 var/log/gitlab/builds usr/share/gitlab/builds
 run/gitlab usr/share/gitlab/tmp