diff --git a/contrib/init/systemd/kubernetes-tmpfiles.conf b/contrib/init/systemd/kubernetes-tmpfiles.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97ce00ed4e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/init/systemd/kubernetes-tmpfiles.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /run/kubernetes 0755 kube kube -