diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 21a78c111..03af4f330 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ on post-fs-data
     mkdir /data/misc/installd 0700 root root
     mkdir /data/misc/apexdata 0711 root root
     mkdir /data/misc/apexrollback 0700 root root
+    mkdir /data/misc/appcompat/ 0700 system system
     mkdir /data/misc/snapshotctl_log 0755 root root
     # create location to store pre-reboot information
     mkdir /data/misc/prereboot 0700 system system