diff --git a/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
index a9f32dd..35ea210 100644
--- a/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/gitlab/recipes/default.rb
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ execute 'change-assets-owner' do
   only_if 'ls -l /usr/lib/gitlab/public/assets | grep root'
 end
 
+execute 'change-gitlab-assets-owner' do
+  command 'chown -R git:git /var/lib/gitlab-assets'
+  only_if 'ls -l /var/lib/gitlab-assets | grep root'
+end
+
 execute 'precompile-assets' do
   user 'git'
   cwd '/usr/lib/gitlab'
--
libgit2 0.21.2