diff --git a/openwrt/package/base-files/default/bin/firstboot b/openwrt/package/base-files/default/bin/firstboot
index eff7063b1..604721873 100755
--- a/openwrt/package/base-files/default/bin/firstboot
+++ b/openwrt/package/base-files/default/bin/firstboot
@@ -60,3 +60,6 @@ mount none /tmp  -t ramfs
 umount /rom/proc
 umount /rom/tmp
 umount /rom/dev
+
+# normally created by boot script
+mkdir -p /var/run