diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 3d57211e2..a32cb9314 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ on post-fs-data
     mkdir /data/data 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/app-private 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/app-asec 0700 root root
+    mkdir /data/app-lib 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/app 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/property 0700 root root
     mkdir /data/ssh 0750 root shell