diff --git a/assets/init b/assets/init
index 5aa5d100..102cff44 100755
--- a/assets/init
+++ b/assets/init
@@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ chmod -R u+rwX /home/git/data/tmp/
 sudo -u git -H mkdir -p /home/git/data/tmp/cache/
 chown git:git /home/git/data/tmp/cache/
 
+# create the public/assets directory
+sudo -u git -H mkdir -p /home/git/data/tmp/public/assets/
+chown git:git /home/git/data/tmp/public/assets/
+
 # remove old cache directory (remove this line after a few releases)
 rm -rf /home/git/data/cache
 
diff --git a/assets/setup/install b/assets/setup/install
index c536b021..119dab49 100755
--- a/assets/setup/install
+++ b/assets/setup/install
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ chmod -R u+rwX log tmp
 rm -rf tmp/cache
 sudo -u git -H ln -s /home/git/data/tmp/cache tmp/cache
 
+# create symlink to assets in public/assets
+rm -rf public/assets
+sudo -u git -H ln -s /home/git/data/tmp/public/assets public/assets
+
 # create symlink to uploads directory
 rm -rf public/uploads
 sudo -u git -H ln -s /home/git/data/uploads public/uploads