diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fb6c09b..f93ec43 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ RUN echo "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main" >> /etc/apt/so
     apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get -t jessie-backports install -y supervisor certbot && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     mkdir /var/log/supervisord && \
+    mkdir /var/run/supervisord && \
     groupadd -r haraka && \
     useradd --comment "Haraka Server User" \
             --home /haraka \