diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 90f69da..e6d26e9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ RUN ["chmod", "-R", "u=rwX,go=rX", "/entrypoint-db-init"]
 RUN ["chmod", "o+x", "/var/log/apache2"]
 RUN ["chown", "www-data:www-data", "/var/run/apache2"]
 RUN ["ln", "-vs", "/data/etc/icingaweb2", "/etc/icingaweb2"]
+RUN ["ln", "-vs", "/data/var/lib/icingaweb2", "/var/lib/icingaweb2"]
 RUN ["install", "-o", "www-data", "-g", "www-data", "-d", "/data"]
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint"]
diff --git a/entrypoint/main.go b/entrypoint/main.go
index 165040a..52723df 100644
--- a/entrypoint/main.go
+++ b/entrypoint/main.go
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ func entrypoint() error {
 	if os.Getpid() == 1 {
 		logf("info", "Initializing /data as we're the init process")
 
-		logf("debug", "Creating %#v", enModsDir)
-		if errMA := os.MkdirAll(enModsDir, dirMode); errMA != nil {
-			return errMA
+		for _, dir := range []string{enModsDir, "/data/var/lib/icingaweb2"} {
+			logf("debug", "Creating %#v", dir)
+			if errMA := os.MkdirAll(dir, dirMode); errMA != nil {
+				return errMA
+			}
 		}
 
 		logf("debug", "Translating env vars to .ini config")