diff --git a/resources/install b/resources/install
index de29f633..f6bf131d 100755
--- a/resources/install
+++ b/resources/install
@@ -57,3 +57,5 @@ cp lib/support/init.d/gitlab /etc/init.d/gitlab
 sudo cp lib/support/nginx/gitlab /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab
 sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gitlab
 sed 's/YOUR_SERVER_FQDN/gitlab/' -i /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitlab
+
+mkdir -p /var/run/sshd
diff --git a/resources/start b/resources/start
index 51873782..34632002 100755
--- a/resources/start
+++ b/resources/start
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ if [ -z "${DB_HOST}" ] || [ "${DB_HOST}" == "localhost" ]; then
 	echo 'GRANT SELECT, LOCK TABLES, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER ON `gitlabhq_production`.* TO 'root'@'localhost';' | mysql -uroot
 fi
 
+/usr/sbin/sshd
 redis-server > /dev/null &
 
 cd /home/git/gitlab