diff --git a/debian/vitastor-mon.postinst b/debian/vitastor-mon.postinst
index 69efbcc3..4aee06ca 100644
--- a/debian/vitastor-mon.postinst
+++ b/debian/vitastor-mon.postinst
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
 	addgroup --system --quiet vitastor
 	adduser --system --quiet --ingroup vitastor --no-create-home --home /nonexistent vitastor
 	mkdir -p /etc/vitastor
+	mkdir -p /var/lib/vitastor
+	chown vitastor:vitastor /var/lib/vitastor
 fi
diff --git a/rpm/vitastor-el7.spec b/rpm/vitastor-el7.spec
index a8415422..a383af3a 100644
--- a/rpm/vitastor-el7.spec
+++ b/rpm/vitastor-el7.spec
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ mkdir -p /etc/vitastor
 groupadd -r -f vitastor 2>/dev/null ||:
 useradd -r -g vitastor -s /sbin/nologin -c "Vitastor daemons" -M -d /nonexistent vitastor 2>/dev/null ||:
 mkdir -p /etc/vitastor
+mkdir -p /var/lib/vitastor
+chown vitastor:vitastor /var/lib/vitastor
 
 
 %files -n vitastor-client
diff --git a/rpm/vitastor-el8.spec b/rpm/vitastor-el8.spec
index dc18ce1d..f9c73a8a 100644
--- a/rpm/vitastor-el8.spec
+++ b/rpm/vitastor-el8.spec
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ mkdir -p /etc/vitastor
 groupadd -r -f vitastor 2>/dev/null ||:
 useradd -r -g vitastor -s /sbin/nologin -c "Vitastor daemons" -M -d /nonexistent vitastor 2>/dev/null ||:
 mkdir -p /etc/vitastor
+mkdir -p /var/lib/vitastor
+chown vitastor:vitastor /var/lib/vitastor
 
 
 %files -n vitastor-client
diff --git a/rpm/vitastor-el9.spec b/rpm/vitastor-el9.spec
index 2a8eab1d..6ec264ba 100644
--- a/rpm/vitastor-el9.spec
+++ b/rpm/vitastor-el9.spec
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ mkdir -p /etc/vitastor
 groupadd -r -f vitastor 2>/dev/null ||:
 useradd -r -g vitastor -s /sbin/nologin -c "Vitastor daemons" -M -d /nonexistent vitastor 2>/dev/null ||:
 mkdir -p /etc/vitastor
+mkdir -p /var/lib/vitastor
+chown vitastor:vitastor /var/lib/vitastor
 
 
 %files -n vitastor-client