diff --git a/rootfs/Dockerfile b/rootfs/Dockerfile
index 0f430531e..7fccdcc62 100644
--- a/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ RUN apk --no-cache add socat openssl
 ARG DUMB_INIT_SHA256=81231da1cd074fdc81af62789fead8641ef3f24b6b07366a1c34e5b059faf363
 RUN wget -O/dumb-init https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init/releases/download/v1.2.0/dumb-init_1.2.0_amd64\
  && echo "$DUMB_INIT_SHA256  /dumb-init" | sha256sum -c -\
- && chmod +x /dumb-init
+ && chmod +x /dumb-init \
+ && mkdir /ingress-controller
 
 COPY . /