1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index ea1d6ba432..fa0764baf7 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ rootfs_ipk_write_manifest() {
 
 remove_packaging_data_files() {
         rm -rf ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/usr/lib/opkg/
+        # We need the directory for the package manager lock
+        mkdir ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/usr/lib/opkg
 }
 
 install_all_locales() {