diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 4478beaa1..099b4efe6 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ 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/hashtree 0700 root system
     mkdir /data/apex/sessions 0700 root system
     mkdir /data/app-staging 0751 system system encryption=DeleteIfNecessary