diff --git a/PVE/API2/Ceph.pm b/PVE/API2/Ceph.pm
index 81c17d6e..7fedb87a 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Ceph.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Ceph.pm
@@ -192,6 +192,11 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
 	    PVE::Ceph::Tools::check_ceph_installed('ceph_bin');
 	}
 
+	my $pve_ceph_cfgdir = PVE::Ceph::Tools::get_config('pve_ceph_cfgdir');
+	if (! -d $pve_ceph_cfgdir) {
+	    File::Path::make_path($pve_ceph_cfgdir);
+	}
+
 	my $auth = $param->{disable_cephx} ? 'none' : 'cephx';
 
 	# simply load old config if it already exists
diff --git a/PVE/Ceph/Tools.pm b/PVE/Ceph/Tools.pm
index ee6c515c..735bb116 100644
--- a/PVE/Ceph/Tools.pm
+++ b/PVE/Ceph/Tools.pm
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ my $ccname = 'ceph'; # ceph cluster name
 my $ceph_cfgdir = "/etc/ceph";
 my $pve_ceph_cfgpath = "/etc/pve/$ccname.conf";
 my $ceph_cfgpath = "$ceph_cfgdir/$ccname.conf";
+my $pve_ceph_cfgdir = "/etc/pve/ceph";
 
 my $pve_mon_key_path = "/etc/pve/priv/$ccname.mon.keyring";
 my $pve_ckeyring_path = "/etc/pve/priv/$ccname.client.admin.keyring";
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ my $ceph_service = {
 
 my $config_values = {
     ccname => $ccname,
+    pve_ceph_cfgdir => $pve_ceph_cfgdir,
     ceph_mds_data_dir => $ceph_mds_data_dir,
     long_rados_timeout => 60,
 };
@@ -186,8 +188,14 @@ sub check_ceph_inited {
 
     return undef if !check_ceph_installed('ceph_mon', $noerr);
 
-    if (! -f $pve_ceph_cfgpath) {
-	die "pveceph configuration not initialized\n" if !$noerr;
+    my @errors;
+
+    push(@errors, "missing '$pve_ceph_cfgpath'") if ! -f $pve_ceph_cfgpath;
+    push(@errors, "missing '$pve_ceph_cfgdir'") if ! -d $pve_ceph_cfgdir;
+
+    if (@errors) {
+	my $err = 'pveceph configuration not initialized - ' . join(', ', @errors) . "\n";
+	die $err if !$noerr;
 	return undef;
     }
 
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 6138ef6d..58f2713f 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ EOF
     fi
 }
 
+update_ceph_conf() {
+    CEPH_CONF_DIR='/etc/pve/ceph'
+
+    if test ! -d "${CEPH_CONF_DIR}"; then
+        mkdir -p "${CEPH_CONF_DIR}"
+    fi
+}
+
 migrate_apt_auth_conf() {
     output=""
     removed=""
@@ -190,6 +198,10 @@ case "$1" in
 
     set_lvm_conf
 
+    if test -n "$2" && dpkg --compare-versions "$2" 'lt' '0.0.0'; then
+        update_ceph_conf
+    fi
+
     if test ! -e /proxmox_install_mode; then
         # modeled after code generated by dh_start
         for unit in ${UNITS}; do