diff --git a/debian/dirs b/debian/dirs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef7e9b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/dirs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/var/lib/grafana/dashboards
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ea37544..2fb687c 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@
 
 %:
 	dh $@
+
+override_dh_fixperms:
+	dh_fixperms
+	chown grafana:grafana /var/lib/grafana/dashboards