diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fc64c119..5279f6e1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ LABEL \
 
 EXPOSE 22/tcp 80/tcp 443/tcp
 
-VOLUME ["${GITLAB_DATA_DIR}", "${GITLAB_LOG_DIR}"]
+VOLUME ["${GITLAB_DATA_DIR}", "${GITLAB_LOG_DIR}","${GITLAB_HOME}/gitlab/node_modules"]
 WORKDIR ${GITLAB_INSTALL_DIR}
 ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["app:start"]
diff --git a/assets/runtime/functions b/assets/runtime/functions
index 663d26b4..6eb19ecf 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/functions
+++ b/assets/runtime/functions
@@ -1806,6 +1806,14 @@ migrate_database() {
   if [[ ! -f ${GITLAB_TEMP_DIR}/GITLAB_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT || ${GITLAB_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT} != ${CACHE_GITLAB_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT} ]]; then
     # assets need to be recompiled when GITLAB_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT is used
     if [[ -n ${GITLAB_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT} ]]; then
+      if [[ ! -d ${GITLAB_HOME}/gitlab/node_modules ]]; then
+        mkdir -p ${GITLAB_HOME}/gitlab/node_modules
+        chown -R ${GITLAB_USER}: ${GITLAB_HOME}/gitlab/node_modules
+      fi
+      echo "Prepare recomplie assets... Installing missing node_modules for assets"
+      chown -R ${GITLAB_USER}: ${GITLAB_HOME}/gitlab/node_modules
+      exec_as_git yarn install --production --pure-lockfile
+      exec_as_git yarn add ajv@^4.0.0
       echo "Recompiling assets (relative_url in use), this could take a while..."
       exec_as_git bundle exec rake gitlab:assets:compile NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096" >/dev/null 2>&1
     fi