diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6ef85196b5..e86d654df7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ nova (0.3.0+really0.2.2-0ubuntu0ppa2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   * Added --network_path setting to nova-compute's flagfile.
   * Move templates from python directories to /usr/share/nova.
+  * Add debian/nova-common.dirs to create
+    var/lib/nova/{buckets,CA,images,instances,keys,networks}
 
  -- Soren Hansen <soren@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:20:11 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/nova-common.dirs b/debian/nova-common.dirs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c645d8916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/nova-common.dirs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+var/lib/nova/buckets
+var/lib/nova/CA
+var/lib/nova/images
+var/lib/nova/instances
+var/lib/nova/keys
+var/lib/nova/networks