diff --git a/rootfs/app/entrypoint.sh.d/90_ssh.sh b/rootfs/app/entrypoint.sh.d/90_ssh.sh
index 64669e6..11e2160 100755
--- a/rootfs/app/entrypoint.sh.d/90_ssh.sh
+++ b/rootfs/app/entrypoint.sh.d/90_ssh.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 echo "# Configuring ssh"
 
+# make sure directory exists
+mkdir -p "${PATH_SSH_HOST}"
+
 for keytype in ecdsa rsa ed25519 ; do
   if [ ! -r "${PATH_SSH_HOST}/ssh_host_${keytype}_key" ] ; then
     /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -t "${keytype}" -f "${PATH_SSH_HOST}/ssh_host_${keytype}_key" -N ""