diff --git a/PVE/API2/OpenVZ.pm b/PVE/API2/OpenVZ.pm
index 1e6514b6..d72fc126 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/OpenVZ.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/OpenVZ.pm
@@ -864,7 +864,6 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
 	my $remcmd = $remip ? 
 	    ['/usr/bin/ssh', '-c', 'blowfish-cbc', '-t', $remip] : [];
 
-	mkdir "/var/run/dtach";
 	my $shcmd = [ '/usr/bin/dtach', '-A', 
 		      "/var/run/dtach/vzctlconsole$vmid", 
 		      '-r', 'winch', '-z', 
diff --git a/bin/pvedaemon b/bin/pvedaemon
index 41f16715..243282c2 100755
--- a/bin/pvedaemon
+++ b/bin/pvedaemon
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ $0 = "pvedaemon";
 
 PVE::APIDaemon::enable_debug() if $opt_debug;
 
+# create dir for dtach sockets
+mkdir "/var/run/dtach";
+
 my $cpid;
 my $daemon;
 eval {
diff --git a/debian/changelog.Debian b/debian/changelog.Debian
index d93ec72b..3352ba2f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog.Debian
+++ b/debian/changelog.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pve-manager (2.2-21) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * openvz console fix: create /var/run/dtach at pvedaemon startup
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:10:55 +0200
+
 pve-manager (2.2-20) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * openvz: use real console instead of 'vzctl enter'
diff --git a/defines.mk b/defines.mk
index a7f733aa..66a64da4 100644
--- a/defines.mk
+++ b/defines.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ RELEASE=2.2
 
 VERSION=2.2
 PACKAGE=pve-manager
-PACKAGERELEASE=20
+PACKAGERELEASE=21
 
 BINDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
 PERLLIBDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/share/perl5