diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index eeafd4c85..8ffac2049 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ on post-fs
     mkdir /metadata/ota/snapshots 0750 root system
     mkdir /metadata/watchdog 0770 root system
     mkdir /metadata/tradeinmode 0770 root system
+    mkdir /metadata/prefetch 0770 root system
 
     mkdir /metadata/apex 0700 root system
     mkdir /metadata/apex/sessions 0700 root system