diff --git a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
index 3a24296ee..777322439 100644
--- a/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-multi-user.sh
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ create_directories() {
               "$get_chr_own" -R "root:$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME" "$NIX_ROOT" || true
     fi
     _sudo "to make the basic directory structure of Nix (part 1)" \
-          install -dv -m 0755 /nix /nix/var /nix/var/log /nix/var/log/nix /nix/var/log/nix/drvs /nix/var/nix{,/db,/gcroots,/profiles,/temproots,/userpool} /nix/var/nix/{gcroots,profiles}/per-user
+          install -dv -m 0755 /nix /nix/var /nix/var/log /nix/var/log/nix /nix/var/log/nix/drvs /nix/var/nix{,/db,/gcroots,/profiles,/temproots,/userpool,/daemon-socket} /nix/var/nix/{gcroots,profiles}/per-user
 
     _sudo "to make the basic directory structure of Nix (part 2)" \
           install -dv -g "$NIX_BUILD_GROUP_NAME" -m 1775 /nix/store