diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/Installation/MakeDirStep.php b/library/Icinga/Application/Installation/MakeDirStep.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d9232d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Icinga/Application/Installation/MakeDirStep.php
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+<?php
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+// {{{ICINGA_LICENSE_HEADER}}}
+
+namespace Icinga\Application\Installation;
+
+use Icinga\Web\Setup\Step;
+
+class MakeDirStep extends Step
+{
+    protected $paths;
+
+    protected $dirmode;
+
+    protected $errors;
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $paths
+     * @param string $dirmode
+     */
+    public function __construct($paths, $dirmode)
+    {
+        $this->paths = $paths;
+        $this->dirmode = octdec($dirmode) | octdec('111'); // Make sure that the directories can be traversed
+        $this->errors = array();
+    }
+
+    public function apply()
+    {
+        $success = true;
+        foreach ($this->paths as $path) {
+            if (false === file_exists($path)) {
+                if (false === @mkdir($path)) {
+                    $this->errors[$path] = error_get_last();
+                    $success = false;
+                } else {
+                    $this->errors[$path] = null;
+                    $old = umask(0);
+                    chmod($path, $this->dirmode);
+                    umask($old);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $success;
+    }
+
+    public function getSummary()
+    {
+        $pageHtml = '';
+        $pageTitle = t('Directory Creation');
+        $createMsg = t('The setup will create the following directories:');
+        $existsMsg = t('The setup does not need to create the following already existing directories:');
+
+        $toBeCreated = array_filter($this->paths, function ($p) { return false === file_exists($p); });
+        if (false === empty($toBeCreated)) {
+            $pageHtml .= '<p>' . $createMsg . '</p>';
+
+            $pageHtml .= '<ul>';
+            foreach ($toBeCreated as $path) {
+                $pageHtml .= '<li>' . $path . '</li>';
+            }
+            $pageHtml .= '</ul>';
+        }
+
+        $existing = array_diff($this->paths, $toBeCreated);
+        if (false === empty($existing)) {
+            $pageHtml .= '<p>' . $existsMsg . '</p>';
+
+            $pageHtml .= '<ul>';
+            foreach ($existing as $path) {
+                $pageHtml .= '<li>' . $path . '</li>';
+            }
+            $pageHtml .= '</ul>';
+        }
+
+        return '<h2>' . $pageTitle . '</h2>' . $pageHtml;
+    }
+
+    public function getReport()
+    {
+        $okMessage = t('Directory "%s" in "%s" has been successfully created.');
+        $existsMessage = t('Directory "%s" does already exist in "%s". Nothing to do.');
+        $failMessage = t('Unable to create directory "%s" in "%s". An error occured:');
+
+        $report = '';
+        foreach ($this->paths as $path) {
+            if (array_key_exists($path, $this->errors)) {
+                if (is_array($this->errors[$path])) {
+                    $report .= '<p class="error">' . sprintf($failMessage, basename($path), dirname($path)) . '</p>'
+                        . '<p>' . $this->errors[$path]['message'] . '</p>';
+                } else {
+                    $report .= '<p>' . sprintf($okMessage, basename($path), dirname($path)) . '</p>';
+                }
+            } else {
+                $report .= '<p>' . sprintf($existsMessage, basename($path), dirname($path)) . '</p>';
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $report;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/WebSetup.php b/library/Icinga/Application/WebSetup.php
index c2a609f23..770a0b14f 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Application/WebSetup.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Application/WebSetup.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use Icinga\Form\Setup\RequirementsPage;
 use Icinga\Form\Setup\GeneralConfigPage;
 use Icinga\Form\Setup\AuthenticationPage;
 use Icinga\Form\Setup\DatabaseCreationPage;
+use Icinga\Application\Installation\MakeDirStep;
 use Icinga\Application\Installation\DatabaseStep;
 use Icinga\Application\Installation\GeneralConfigStep;
 use Icinga\Application\Installation\ResourceStep;
@@ -313,6 +314,18 @@ class WebSetup extends Wizard implements SetupWizard
             );
         }
 
+        $configDir = $this->getConfigDir();
+        $installer->addStep(
+            new MakeDirStep(
+                array(
+                    $configDir . '/modules',
+                    $configDir . '/preferences',
+                    $configDir . '/enabledModules'
+                ),
+                $pageData['setup_general_config']['global_filemode']
+            )
+        );
+
         foreach ($this->getPage('setup_modules')->getWizards() as $wizard) {
             if ($wizard->isFinished()) {
                 $installer->addSteps($wizard->getInstaller()->getSteps());
@@ -410,7 +423,6 @@ class WebSetup extends Wizard implements SetupWizard
             $pgsqlAdapterFound ? t('The Zend database adapter for PostgreSQL is available.') : (
                 t('The Zend database adapter for PostgreSQL is missing.')
             )
-
         );
 
         $defaultTimezone = Platform::getPhpConfig('date.timezone');