diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index d834f73a4..88fce6e46 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ on post-fs-data
     mkdir /data/apex 0755 root system encryption=None
     mkdir /data/apex/active 0755 root system
     mkdir /data/apex/backup 0700 root system
-    mkdir /data/apex/decompressed 0700 root system encryption=Require
+    mkdir /data/apex/decompressed 0755 root system encryption=Require
     mkdir /data/apex/hashtree 0700 root system
     mkdir /data/apex/sessions 0700 root system
     mkdir /data/app-staging 0751 system system encryption=DeleteIfNecessary