diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 771b851..86e7b0a 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -67,10 +67,15 @@ override_dh_install:
 	# System-wide crontab
 	install -m 644 debian/etc/crontab.system    debian/cronie/etc/crontab
 	# Placeholders for dpkg
+	install -d -m 755 debian/cronie/etc/cron.d/
 	install -m 644 debian/etc/placeholder       debian/cronie/etc/cron.d/.placeholder
+	install -d -m 755 debian/cronie/etc/cron.hourly/
 	install -m 644 debian/etc/placeholder       debian/cronie/etc/cron.hourly/.placeholder
+	install -d -m 755 debian/cronie/etc/cron.daily/
 	install -m 644 debian/etc/placeholder       debian/cronie/etc/cron.daily/.placeholder
+	install -d -m 755 debian/cronie/etc/cron.weekly/
 	install -m 644 debian/etc/placeholder       debian/cronie/etc/cron.weekly/.placeholder
+	install -d -m 755 debian/cronie/etc/cron.monthly/
 	install -m 644 debian/etc/placeholder       debian/cronie/etc/cron.monthly/.placeholder
 	# systemd service file
 	install -d -m 755 debian/cronie/lib/systemd/system/