diff --git a/debian/icinga2-common.dirs b/debian/icinga2-common.dirs
index f52e1a8d4..9a54fe9f4 100644
--- a/debian/icinga2-common.dirs
+++ b/debian/icinga2-common.dirs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var/cache/icinga2
 var/lib/icinga2
 var/lib/icinga2/api/log
 var/lib/icinga2/api/repository
+var/lib/icinga2/api/zones
 var/log/icinga2
 var/log/icinga2/compat/archives
 var/spool/icinga2
diff --git a/debian/icinga2-common.postinst b/debian/icinga2-common.postinst
index 2845fd4a5..f0617644e 100644
--- a/debian/icinga2-common.postinst
+++ b/debian/icinga2-common.postinst
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ case "$1" in
         setperm nagios nagios 0750 /var/lib/icinga2/api
         setperm nagios nagios 0750 /var/lib/icinga2/api/log
         setperm nagios nagios 0750 /var/lib/icinga2/api/repository
+        setperm nagios nagios 0750 /var/lib/icinga2/api/zones
 
         setperm nagios www-data 0750 /var/cache/icinga2