diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 7aba3dce7..f1a798490 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -545,6 +545,9 @@ on post-fs-data
     mkdir /data/anr 0775 system system
 
     mkdir /data/apex 0750 root system
+    mkdir /data/apex/active 0750 root system
+    mkdir /data/apex/backup 0700 root system
+    mkdir /data/apex/sessions 0700 root system
     mkdir /data/staging 0750 system system
 
     # NFC: create data/nfc for nv storage