diff --git a/libcutils/fs_config.c b/libcutils/fs_config.c
index 6d50adca1..645edd105 100644
--- a/libcutils/fs_config.c
+++ b/libcutils/fs_config.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static const struct fs_path_config android_dirs[] = {
     { 00500, AID_ROOT,   AID_ROOT,   0, "config" },
     { 00771, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM, 0, "data/app" },
     { 00771, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM, 0, "data/app-private" },
+    { 00771, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM, 0, "data/app-ephemeral" },
     { 00771, AID_ROOT,   AID_ROOT,   0, "data/dalvik-cache" },
     { 00771, AID_SYSTEM, AID_SYSTEM, 0, "data/data" },
     { 00771, AID_SHELL,  AID_SHELL,  0, "data/local/tmp" },
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ static const struct fs_path_config android_files[] = {
     { 00644, AID_SYSTEM,    AID_SYSTEM,    0, "data/app/*" },
     { 00644, AID_MEDIA_RW,  AID_MEDIA_RW,  0, "data/media/*" },
     { 00644, AID_SYSTEM,    AID_SYSTEM,    0, "data/app-private/*" },
+    { 00644, AID_SYSTEM,    AID_SYSTEM,    0, "data/app-ephemeral/*" },
     { 00644, AID_APP,       AID_APP,       0, "data/data/*" },
     { 00640, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "data/nativetest/tests.txt" },
     { 00640, AID_ROOT,      AID_SHELL,     0, "data/nativetest64/tests.txt" },
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 40553944e..b43f8f981 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ on post-fs-data
     mkdir /data/local/tmp 0771 shell shell
     mkdir /data/data 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/app-private 0771 system system
+    mkdir /data/app-ephemeral 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/app-asec 0700 root root
     mkdir /data/app-lib 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/app 0771 system system