diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index de608b1..773c7f4 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -592,6 +592,7 @@
     mkdir /metadata/ota 0700 root system
     mkdir /metadata/ota/snapshots 0700 root system
     mkdir /metadata/userspacereboot 0770 root system
+    mkdir /metadata/watchdog 0770 root system
 
     mkdir /metadata/apex 0700 root system
     mkdir /metadata/apex/sessions 0700 root system