diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1c573315..ef4bd051 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+livecd-rootfs (24.04.28) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Add missing mkdir invocation from 24.04.26 (LP: #2052617).
+
+ -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:31:42 -0600
+
 livecd-rootfs (24.04.27) noble; urgency=medium
 
   [ Jean-Baptiste Lallement ]
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-live.chroot_early b/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-live.chroot_early
index 7bbe2691..8dad7b80 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-live.chroot_early
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu/hooks/020-ubuntu-live.chroot_early
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ case ${PASS:-} in
         ;;
 esac
 
+mkdir -p /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/
 cat <<EOF > /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/default-layer.conf
 LAYERFS_PATH=${PASS}.squashfs
 EOF