diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 7cb0f66..1465f0f 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@
     mkdir /data/apex 0750 root system
     mkdir /data/apex/active 0750 root system
     mkdir /data/apex/backup 0700 root system
+    mkdir /data/apex/hashtree 0700 root system
     mkdir /data/apex/sessions 0700 root system
     mkdir /data/app-staging 0750 system system
     start apexd