diff --git a/init/init.cpp b/init/init.cpp
index efb9c1d..4fe115e 100644
--- a/init/init.cpp
+++ b/init/init.cpp
@@ -595,6 +595,14 @@
         mknod("/dev/random", S_IFCHR | 0666, makedev(1, 8));
         mknod("/dev/urandom", S_IFCHR | 0666, makedev(1, 9));
 
+        // Mount staging areas for devices managed by vold
+        // See storage config details at http://source.android.com/devices/storage/
+        mount("tmpfs", "/mnt", "tmpfs", MS_NOEXEC | MS_NOSUID | MS_NODEV,
+              "mode=0755,uid=0,gid=1000");
+        // /mnt/vendor is used to mount vendor-specific partitions that can not be
+        // part of the vendor partition, e.g. because they are mounted read-write.
+        mkdir("/mnt/vendor", 0755);
+
         // Now that tmpfs is mounted on /dev and we have /dev/kmsg, we can actually
         // talk to the outside world...
         InitKernelLogging(argv);