diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c8e7e46..719f0fa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ RUN dpkg -i /tmp/prosody.deb \
     && sed -i '1s/^/daemonize = false;\n/' /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua \
     && perl -i -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s/^log = {.*?^}$/log = {\n    {levels = {min = "info"}, to = "console"};\n}/smg' /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua
 
+RUN mkdir -p /var/run/prosody && chown prosody:prosody /var/run/prosody
+
 COPY ./entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod 755 /entrypoint.sh
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]