diff --git a/recipes/_service.rb b/recipes/_service.rb
index c3fa388a..09635ab9 100644
--- a/recipes/_service.rb
+++ b/recipes/_service.rb
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@
 
 case node['consul']['init_style']
 when 'init'
+  directory "/etc/sysconfig" do
+    action :create
+    mode "0755"
+  end
+
   template '/etc/sysconfig/consul' do
     source 'consul-sysconfig.erb'
     mode 0755