diff --git a/Dockerfile.backend b/Dockerfile.backend
index e8f91e26bc22fc6a98d46677c6039483922983db..089d7e77e387ae2bcabec00eed21a0c057fd62fe 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.backend
+++ b/Dockerfile.backend
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ COPY --from=aptly-tools-builder \
   /tmp/aptly-rest-tools/target/release/obs2aptly \
   /usr/local/bin/
 
-RUN mkdir -p /srv/obs/log /srv/obs/run \
+RUN mkdir -p /srv/obs/dods /srv/obs/log /srv/obs/run \
  && chmod ug=rwxt /srv/obs/run \
  && chown obsrun:obsrun -R /srv/obs
 
diff --git a/docker/backend-docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/backend-docker-entrypoint.sh
index 43b2c6313f359a6bc31bb207849a7bd9d59d19f1..34c15e1ca58f5dca5068793ffafe815297880c86 100755
--- a/docker/backend-docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/backend-docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-mkdir -p /srv/obs/log /srv/obs/run
+mkdir -p /srv/obs/dods /srv/obs/log /srv/obs/run
 chmod ug=rwxt /srv/obs/run
 chown obsrun:obsrun /srv/obs/*