diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index b66529fc9..f07bdab0e 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ on post-fs-data
     mkdir /data/misc/wifi/sockets 0770 wifi wifi
     mkdir /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant 0770 wifi wifi
     mkdir /data/misc/dhcp 0770 dhcp dhcp
+    mkdir /data/misc/user 0771 root root
     # give system access to wpa_supplicant.conf for backup and restore
     chmod 0660 /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
     mkdir /data/local 0751 root root