diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_email/recipes/dovecot.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_email/recipes/dovecot.rb
index 9ebafd6..4ad1c2c 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos_email/recipes/dovecot.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos_email/recipes/dovecot.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ user "vmail" do
   manage_home false
 end
 
+directory "/var/vmail" do
+  owner "vmail"
+  group "mail"
+end
+
 template "/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf" do
   source    "dovecot.conf.erb"
   mode      0644