diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/files/cloud-config.yml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/files/cloud-config.yml
index a40a1b65f0..f6512e7b48 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/files/cloud-config.yml
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/files/cloud-config.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 #cloud-config
 coreos:
     units:
+      - name: coreos-cloudinit-vagrant-mkdir.service
+        command: start
+        runtime: yes
+        content: |
+          [Service]
+          Type=oneshot
+          ExecStart=/bin/mkdir -p /var/lib/coreos-vagrant
       - name: coreos-cloudinit-vagrant-user.path
         command: start
-        runtime: no
+        runtime: yes
         content: |
           [Path]
           PathExists=/var/lib/coreos-vagrant/vagrantfile-user-data