diff --git a/debian/php-common.dirs b/debian/php-common.dirs
index fecf799..8cbad84 100644
--- a/debian/php-common.dirs
+++ b/debian/php-common.dirs
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 /etc/php/mods-available
+/var/lib/php/sessions
+/var/lib/php/modules
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8dd1814..0fe1aca 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -28,3 +28,9 @@ override_dh_installcron:
 
 debian/control: debian/control.in debian/rules debian/changelog
 	sed -e "s/@PHP_VERSION@/$(PHP_DEFAULT_VERSION)/g" >$@ <$<
+
+override_dh_install:
+	mkdir -p debian/$(PHP_COMMON)/var/lib/php/sessions/
+	chmod 01733 debian/$(PHP_COMMON)/var/lib/php/sessions/
+
+	dh_install