diff --git a/plugins/ps/post-create b/plugins/ps/post-create
index 8434d5444..14efa77a8 100755
--- a/plugins/ps/post-create
+++ b/plugins/ps/post-create
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ trigger-ps-post-create() {
 
   local passed_phases=(deploy)
   add_passed_docker_option passed_phases[@] "--restart=on-failure:10"
+
+  mkdir -p "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/ps/${APP}"
+  chown -R "${DOKKU_SYSTEM_USER}:${DOKKU_SYSTEM_GROUP}" "${DOKKU_LIB_ROOT}/data/ps/${APP}"
 }
 
 trigger-ps-post-create "$@"