diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/flannel-server.manifest b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/flannel-server.manifest
index c679f2123df..12b7028929b 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/flannel-server.manifest
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/flannel-server.manifest
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
             },
             {
                 "name": "etcdstorage",
-                "emptyDir": {}
+                "hostPath": {
+                    "path": "/var/etcd-flannel"
+                }
             },
             {
                 "name": "networkconfig",
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@
                 "command": [
                     "/bin/sh",
                     "-c",
-                    "/usr/local/bin/etcd --listen-peer-urls http://127.0.0.1:{{ etcd_peer_port }} --addr 127.0.0.1:{{ etcd_port }} --bind-addr 127.0.0.1:{{ etcd_port }} --data-dir /var/etcd/data 1>>/var/log/etcd_flannel.log 2>&1"
+                    "/usr/local/bin/etcd --listen-peer-urls http://127.0.0.1:{{ etcd_peer_port }} --addr 127.0.0.1:{{ etcd_port }} --bind-addr 127.0.0.1:{{ etcd_port }} --data-dir /var/etcd-flannel/data 1>>/var/log/etcd_flannel.log 2>&1"
                 ],
                 "livenessProbe": {
                     "httpGet": {
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@
                     },
                     {
                         "name": "etcdstorage",
-                        "mountPath": "/var/etcd/data"
+                        "mountPath": "/var/etcd-flannel"
                     }
                 ]
             }
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/init.sls
index 5712fea08f9..af9ce732e26 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/flannel-server/init.sls
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ touch /var/log/etcd_flannel.log:
   cmd.run:
     - creates: /var/log/etcd_flannel.log
 
+/var/etcd-flannel:
+  file.directory:
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - dir_mode: 700
+    - recurse:
+      - user
+      - group
+      - mode
+
 /etc/kubernetes/network.json:
   file.managed:
     - source: salt://flannel-server/network.json