diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 511b998c8..769f41306 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ on post-fs-data
 
     mkdir /data/system 0775 system system
     mkdir /data/system/heapdump 0700 system system
+    mkdir /data/system/users 0775 system system
 
     mkdir /data/system_de 0770 system system
     mkdir /data/system_ce 0770 system system