diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 9aa52dbc0..484bd10ae 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ on post-fs-data
 
     # create dalvik-cache, so as to enforce our permissions
     mkdir /data/dalvik-cache 0771 system system
+    mkdir /data/dalvik-cache/profiles 0711 system system
 
     # create resource-cache and double-check the perms
     mkdir /data/resource-cache 0771 system system