diff --git a/fill-disk.sh b/fill-disk.sh
index 5b0495a5328..fc51a3f106e 100755
--- a/fill-disk.sh
+++ b/fill-disk.sh
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ make_dir 00755 /boot
 make_dir 00755 /dev
 make_dir 00755 /dev/pts
 make_dir 00755 /etc # global non-constant configuration
+make_dir 00755 /etc/sysconfig
 make_dir 00755 /etc-secret
 make_dir 00755 /home
 make_dir 00755 /lib