diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/service_/services/sssd.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/service_/services/sssd.py
index d6ea834af0a42..01cbed67cebce 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/service_/services/sssd.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/service_/services/sssd.py
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ class SSSDService(SimpleService):
     name = "sssd"
 
     systemd_unit = "sssd"
+
+    async def before_start(self):
+        await self.middleware.call('ldap.create_sssd_dirs')