diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 7b24dd3e8..7d8eed500 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -395,6 +395,10 @@ on post-fs-data
     # create the A/B OTA directory, so as to enforce our permissions
     mkdir /data/ota 0771 root root
 
+    # create the OTA package directory. It will be accessed by GmsCore (cache
+    # group), update_engine and update_verifier.
+    mkdir /data/ota_package 0770 system cache
+
     # create resource-cache and double-check the perms
     mkdir /data/resource-cache 0771 system system
     chown system system /data/resource-cache