diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/recipes/backup.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/recipes/backup.rb
index e8429b0..131f8c4 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/recipes/backup.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_kvm/recipes/backup.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ export BORG_REPO='#{borg_credentials["repository"]}'
   not_if "grep -q BORG /root/.bashrc"
 end
 
+directory "/root/backups" do
+  mode "0750"
+end
+
+directory "/root/backups/vm_meta" do
+  mode "0750"
+end
+
 cookbook_file "/root/backups/backup_vm.sh" do
   source "backup_vm.sh"
   mode "0750"