diff --git a/doc/update/7.8-to-7.9.md b/doc/update/7.8-to-7.9.md
index 28fd433e1c8272246a06fdd800194d9e67852b69..6ffa21c61411685e4cb15351d705dfff09ea59ba 100644
--- a/doc/update/7.8-to-7.9.md
+++ b/doc/update/7.8-to-7.9.md
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ sudo -u git -H git checkout v2.6.0
 
 ### 4. Install libs, migrations, etc.
 
+Please refer to the [Node.js setup documentation](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/installing-node.js-via-package-manager#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions) if you aren't running default GitLab server setup.
+
 ```bash
 sudo apt-get install nodejs