diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 8ba7c10a2..f81e345d7 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ on post-fs-data
     mkdir /data/app-lib 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/app 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/property 0700 root root
+    mkdir /data/tombstones 0771 system system
 
     # create dalvik-cache, so as to enforce our permissions
     mkdir /data/dalvik-cache 0771 root root