diff --git a/etc/initsystem/icinga2.sysconfig.cmake b/etc/initsystem/icinga2.sysconfig.cmake
index 646347d19..e7fa54baf 100644
--- a/etc/initsystem/icinga2.sysconfig.cmake
+++ b/etc/initsystem/icinga2.sysconfig.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ICINGA2_PID_FILE=$ICINGA2_RUN_DIR/icinga2/icinga2.pid
 ICINGA2_ERROR_LOG=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LOCALSTATEDIR@/log/icinga2/error.log
 ICINGA2_STARTUP_LOG=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LOCALSTATEDIR@/log/icinga2/startup.log
 ICINGA2_LOG=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LOCALSTATEDIR@/log/icinga2/icinga2.log
+ICINGA2_CACHE_DIR=$ICINGA2_STATE_DIR/cache/icinga2
 ICINGA2_USER=@ICINGA2_USER@
 ICINGA2_GROUP=@ICINGA2_GROUP@
 ICINGA2_COMMAND_GROUP=@ICINGA2_COMMAND_GROUP@
diff --git a/etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs b/etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs
index 6c4a08869..cb6ddbec0 100644
--- a/etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs
+++ b/etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs
@@ -51,3 +51,7 @@ if type restorecon >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	restorecon -R $ICINGA2_RUN_DIR/icinga2/
 fi
 chmod 2750 $ICINGA2_RUN_DIR/icinga2/cmd
+
+mkdir -p $ICINGA2_CACHE_DIR
+chown $ICINGA2_USER:$ICINGA2_GROUP $ICINGA2_CACHE_DIR
+chmod 750 $ICINGA2_CACHE_DIR