diff --git a/meta-hassio/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend b/meta-hassio/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend
index c0115917c..c69cd8e7c 100644
--- a/meta-hassio/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-hassio/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} += "sync-authorized-keys.service"
 FILES_${PN} += " \
      ${systemd_unitdir} \
      ${bindir} \
+     "/home" \
      "
 
 do_install_append() {
+    mkdir -p ${D}/home/root/.ssh
+
     install -d ${D}${bindir}
     install -m 0755 ${WORKDIR}/sync-authorized-keys.sh ${D}${bindir}