diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
index e390670560..570e52f1fa 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ VDR_ARG="$VDR_ARG -P $PVR_PLUGIN"
 
 cd $ADDON_DIR/config
 mkdir -p $ADDON_CONFIG_DIR
+mkdir -p "$VDR_VIDEO_DIR"
 
 for dir in `find . -type d`; do
   mkdir -p $ADDON_CONFIG_DIR/$dir