diff --git a/cookbooks/nomad/setup.rb b/cookbooks/nomad/setup.rb
index 43db7e8..e32dd26 100644
--- a/cookbooks/nomad/setup.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/nomad/setup.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ if node['nomad']['manager']
       notifies :restart, 'service[nomad]'
     end
   end
+
+  directory '/etc/nomad.d/policies' do
+    owner 'nomad'
+    group 'nomad'
+    mode '644'
+  end
 end
 
 if node['nomad']['client']