diff --git a/recipes/mon.rb b/recipes/mon.rb
index f523d0e..5cd76de 100644
--- a/recipes/mon.rb
+++ b/recipes/mon.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ execute 'ceph-mon mkfs' do
   command <<-EOH
 set -e
 mkdir -p /var/run/ceph
+mkdir -p /var/lib/ceph/mon/ceph-#{node['hostname']}
 # TODO chef creates doesn't seem to suppressing re-runs, do it manually
 if [ -e '/var/lib/ceph/mon/ceph-#{node["hostname"]}/done' ]; then
   echo 'ceph-mon mkfs already done, skipping'