diff --git a/recipes-diya/diya-overlay/files/80_diya b/recipes-diya/diya-overlay/files/80_diya
index 566bef0..1f976a9 100644
--- a/recipes-diya/diya-overlay/files/80_diya
+++ b/recipes-diya/diya-overlay/files/80_diya
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+d root root 0755 /var/etc/network none
 d root root 0755 /var/etc/dropbear none
 l root root 0644 /etc/network/interfaces /var/etc/network/itf_diya
 l root root 0644 /etc/dropbear /var/etc/dropbear