diff --git a/images/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile b/images/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile
index 661ac1da..9b99cb30 100644
--- a/images/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/datascience-notebook/Dockerfile
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ COPY /test/test_r_dump_packages.R /opt/manual_tests
 COPY /test/test_r_func.R /opt/manual_tests
 
 RUN mkdir /etc/datahub-profile.d/ && chmod 777 /etc/datahub-profile.d/
+RUN mkdir /etc/profile.d/ && chmod 777 /etc/profile.d/
 
 USER jovyan