diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/acpid/acpid.inc b/meta/recipes-bsp/acpid/acpid.inc
index 1ffe6ff480..40293c5ee4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/acpid/acpid.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/acpid/acpid.inc
@@ -27,4 +27,7 @@ do_install () {
 	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	cat ${WORKDIR}/init | sed -e's,/usr/sbin,${sbindir},g' > ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/acpid
 	chmod 755 ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/acpid
+
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/acpi
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/acpi/events
 }