diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 7b591fc50..062957a07 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ loglevel 3
     mkdir /data/misc/keystore 0770 keystore keystore
     mkdir /data/misc/vpn 0770 system system
     mkdir /data/misc/vpn/profiles 0770 system system
+    mkdir /data/misc/wifi 0770 wifi system
+    chown wifi system /data/misc/wifi
+    touch /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
+    chmod 0660 /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
+    chown wifi system /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
     mkdir /data/local 0771 shell shell
     mkdir /data/local/tmp 0771 shell shell
     mkdir /data/data 0771 system system