diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 5fbad75dd..21297b200 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -614,6 +614,8 @@ on post-fs-data
     mkdir /data/misc/apexdata 0711 root root
     mkdir /data/misc/apexrollback 0700 root root
     mkdir /data/misc/snapshotctl_log 0770 root root
+    # create location to store pre-reboot information
+    mkdir /data/misc/prereboot 0700 system system
 
     mkdir /data/preloads 0775 system system encryption=None