diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 212edf408..d00cbe4f3 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ on post-fs-data
     mkdir /data/local/tmp 0771 shell shell
     mkdir /data/data 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/app-private 0771 system system
+    mkdir /data/app-asec 0700 root root
     mkdir /data/app 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/property 0700 root root
     mkdir /data/ssh 0750 root shell