diff --git a/hadoop/CDH/templates/zeppelin_upstart.conf b/hadoop/CDH/templates/zeppelin_upstart.conf
index 39976e0f..9207f1af 100644
--- a/hadoop/CDH/templates/zeppelin_upstart.conf
+++ b/hadoop/CDH/templates/zeppelin_upstart.conf
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ respawn limit 7 5
 setuid {{ cdh_zeppelin_user }}
 setgid {{ cdh_zeppelin_group }}
 
+pre-start script
+    mkdir -p /srv/zeppelin/base_tmp/tmp
+end script
+
 # zeppelin was installed in /usr/share/zeppelin in this example
 chdir {{ cdh_zeppelin_home }}/{{ cdh_zeppelin_dir }}
 exec bin/zeppelin-daemon.sh upstart