diff --git a/prebuilt/common/etc/init.local.rc b/prebuilt/common/etc/init.local.rc
index e5f55494..213a68e8 100644
--- a/prebuilt/common/etc/init.local.rc
+++ b/prebuilt/common/etc/init.local.rc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ on post-fs-data
     mkdir /cache/dalvik-cache 0771 system system
     chown system system /cache/dalvik-cache
     chmod 0771 /cache/dalvik-cache
+    mkdir /data/.ssh 0750 root shell
 
 on boot
     # Run sysinit