diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 3e2f0a589..28a9b9ac9 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ on post-fs-data
 
     mkdir /data/system 0775 system system
     mkdir /data/system/heapdump 0700 system system
+    mkdir /data/system/users 0775 system system
 
     mkdir /data/system_de 0770 system system
     mkdir /data/system_ce 0770 system system