diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-setup b/src/freedombone-utils-setup
index b2ddc674..93bbdfb2 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-setup
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-setup
@@ -518,6 +518,9 @@ function lockdown_permissions {
     if [ ! -d /etc/prosody ]; then
         chown -R prosody /etc/prosody
     fi
+    if [ ! -d /var/lib/prosody ]; then
+        chown -R prosody /var/lib/prosody
+    fi
 }
 
 function disable_core_dumps {