diff --git a/packages/sysutils/systemd/scripts/systemd-machine-id-setup b/packages/sysutils/systemd/scripts/systemd-machine-id-setup
index 1fd53fa19e..4f7142d183 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/systemd/scripts/systemd-machine-id-setup
+++ b/packages/sysutils/systemd/scripts/systemd-machine-id-setup
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ -z "$MACHINEID" ]; then
   MACHINEID=`echo $MAC_ADDRESS | md5sum | cut -f1 -d" "`
+  mkdir -p /storage/.cache
 fi
 
 echo "$MACHINEID" > /storage/.cache/machine-id