diff --git a/contrib/podmanimage/stable/Dockerfile b/contrib/podmanimage/stable/Dockerfile
index 696268c853..2f86dd4ae3 100644
--- a/contrib/podmanimage/stable/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/podmanimage/stable/Dockerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ echo podman:10000:5000 > /etc/subgid;
 
 VOLUME /var/lib/containers
 VOLUME /home/podman/.local/share/containers
+RUN mkdir -p /home/podman/.local/share/containers
 
 ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/libpod/master/contrib/podmanimage/stable/containers.conf /etc/containers/containers.conf
 ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/libpod/master/contrib/podmanimage/stable/podman-containers.conf /home/podman/.config/containers/containers.conf
diff --git a/contrib/podmanimage/testing/Dockerfile b/contrib/podmanimage/testing/Dockerfile
index c20b26ac48..63b31252f7 100644
--- a/contrib/podmanimage/testing/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/podmanimage/testing/Dockerfile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ echo podman:10000:5000 > /etc/subgid;
 
 VOLUME /var/lib/containers
 VOLUME /home/podman/.local/share/containers
+RUN mkdir -p /home/podman/.local/share/containers
 
 ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/libpod/master/contrib/podmanimage/stable/containers.conf /etc/containers/containers.conf
 ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/libpod/master/contrib/podmanimage/stable/podman-containers.conf /home/podman/.config/containers/containers.conf
diff --git a/contrib/podmanimage/upstream/Dockerfile b/contrib/podmanimage/upstream/Dockerfile
index 1277f9ba8a..922eee748f 100644
--- a/contrib/podmanimage/upstream/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/podmanimage/upstream/Dockerfile
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ echo podman:10000:5000 > /etc/subgid;
 
 VOLUME /var/lib/containers
 VOLUME /home/podman/.local/share/containers
+RUN mkdir -p /home/podman/.local/share/containers
 
 ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/libpod/master/contrib/podmanimage/stable/containers.conf /etc/containers/containers.conf
 ADD https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/libpod/master/contrib/podmanimage/stable/podman-containers.conf /home/podman/.config/containers/containers.conf