diff --git a/target/generic/target_skeleton/etc/inittab b/target/generic/target_skeleton/etc/inittab
index 7aa654f8af..2949c91252 100644
--- a/target/generic/target_skeleton/etc/inittab
+++ b/target/generic/target_skeleton/etc/inittab
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # Startup the system
 null::sysinit:/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
 null::sysinit:/bin/mount -t proc proc /proc
+null::sysinit:/bin/mkdir -p /dev/pts
 null::sysinit:/bin/mount -a
 null::sysinit:/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname
 null::sysinit:/sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up