diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/git/init b/sys/src/cmd/git/init
index b8e48130e..7eca4ce34 100755
--- a/sys/src/cmd/git/init
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/git/init
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ if(~ $#upstream 0){
 }
 
 mkdir -p $dir/.git/refs/^(heads remotes)
+mkdir -p $dir/.git/fs
 >$dir/.git/config {
 	echo '[core]'
 	echo '	repositoryformatversion = p9.0'