diff --git a/debian/gitlab-check.sh b/debian/gitlab-rake.sh
similarity index 79%
rename from debian/gitlab-check.sh
rename to debian/gitlab-rake.sh
index b798034c38..b7fd4141af 100755
--- a/debian/gitlab-check.sh
+++ b/debian/gitlab-rake.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ cd /usr/share/gitlab
 
 # Check gitlab is configured correctly
 printf "Check if Gitlab is configured correctly...\n"
-runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c 'bundle exec rake gitlab:check'
+runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh -c "bundle exec rake $@"
diff --git a/debian/gitlab.install b/debian/gitlab.install
index 6e85d34845..f36a20c080 100644
--- a/debian/gitlab.install
+++ b/debian/gitlab.install
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ debian/conf/tmpfiles.d/gitlab.conf.example usr/lib/gitlab/templates/tmpfiles.d
 debian/conf/nginx.conf.example usr/lib/gitlab/templates
 debian/conf/nginx.ssl.conf.example usr/lib/gitlab/templates
 debian/rake-tasks.sh usr/lib/gitlab/scripts
-debian/gitlab-check.sh usr/lib/gitlab/scripts
+debian/gitlab-rake.sh usr/lib/gitlab/scripts
 .babelrc usr/share/gitlab
 app usr/share/gitlab
 bin usr/share/gitlab
diff --git a/debian/gitlab.links b/debian/gitlab.links
index 86754462d4..427d457678 100644
--- a/debian/gitlab.links
+++ b/debian/gitlab.links
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ usr/share/javascript/fuzzaldrin/fuzzaldrin-plus.js usr/share/gitlab/vendor/asset
 /var/lib/gitlab/.gitlab_workhorse_secret    /usr/share/gitlab/.gitlab_workhorse_secret
 /var/lib/gitlab/.gitlab_shell_secret    /usr/share/gitlab/.gitlab_shell_secret
 /var/lib/gitlab/Gemfile.lock    /usr/share/gitlab/Gemfile.lock
-/usr/lib/gitlab/scripts/gitlab-check.sh  /usr/bin/gitlab-check
+/usr/lib/gitlab/scripts/gitlab-rake.sh  /usr/bin/gitlab-rake
diff --git a/debian/gitlab.postinst b/debian/gitlab.postinst
index e9dd6e70ba..d4cadea9d8 100755
--- a/debian/gitlab.postinst
+++ b/debian/gitlab.postinst
@@ -337,6 +337,6 @@ esac
 case "$1" in
   configure)
     echo "Running rake checks..."
-    . /usr/lib/gitlab/scripts/gitlab-check.sh
+    gitlab-rake gitlab:check
   ;;
 esac