diff --git a/package/base/00-dirtree/data.txt b/package/base/00-dirtree/data.txt
index 8b88e4aa1..3374ed5fe 100644
--- a/package/base/00-dirtree/data.txt
+++ b/package/base/00-dirtree/data.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ m boot
 m dev
 m etc
 m etc/conf
+m etc/cron.d
 m etc/cron.daily
 m etc/rc.d
 m etc/rc.d/init.d