diff --git a/templates/common/reload-udev-rules.service b/templates/common/reload-udev-rules.service
index 32f28b3..6bc83b7 100644
--- a/templates/common/reload-udev-rules.service
+++ b/templates/common/reload-udev-rules.service
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ConditionDirectoryNotEmpty=/run/containers/udev-rules
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
+ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/udev/rules.d
 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'cp /run/containers/udev-rules/*.rules /run/udev/rules.d/'
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/udevadm control --reload
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/udevadm trigger