diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 782f967..28d47b9 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -727,6 +727,12 @@
     # Create root dir for Incremental Service
     mkdir /data/incremental 0771 system system encryption=Require
 
+    # Create directories for statsd
+    mkdir /data/misc/stats-data/ 0770 statsd system
+    mkdir /data/misc/stats-service/ 0770 statsd system
+    mkdir /data/misc/stats-active-metric/ 0770 statsd system
+    mkdir /data/misc/train-info/ 0770 statsd system
+
     # Wait for apexd to finish activating APEXes before starting more processes.
     wait_for_prop apexd.status ready
     perform_apex_config