diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_desktop_cache_create.c b/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_desktop_cache_create.c
index af60a84fc6..3b77f8282a 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_desktop_cache_create.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_desktop_cache_create.c
@@ -272,6 +272,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         if (!ecore_file_mkpath(file)) goto efreet_error;
         efreet_setowner(file);
     }
+    snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/efreet/update", efreet_cache_home_get());
+    if (!ecore_file_exists(file))
+    {
+        if (!ecore_file_mkpath(file)) goto efreet_error;
+        efreet_setowner(file);
+    }
 
     /* lock process, so that we only run one copy of this program */
     lockfd = cache_lock_file();
@@ -491,7 +497,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     /* touch update file */
-    snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/efreet/desktop_data.update", efreet_cache_home_get());
+    snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/efreet/update/desktop_data.update", efreet_cache_home_get());
     tmpfd = open(file, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
     if (tmpfd >= 0)
     {
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_icon_cache_create.c b/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_icon_cache_create.c
index 1ed629f53f..e24364b6d5 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_icon_cache_create.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/bin/efreet_icon_cache_create.c
@@ -852,6 +852,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         if (!ecore_file_mkpath(file)) return -1;
         efreet_setowner(file);
     }
+    snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/efreet/update", efreet_cache_home_get());
+    if (!ecore_file_exists(file))
+    {
+        if (!ecore_file_mkpath(file)) return -1;
+        efreet_setowner(file);
+    }
 
     /* lock process, so that we only run one copy of this program */
     lockfd = cache_lock_file();
@@ -1112,7 +1118,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     free(theme_version);
 
     /* touch update file */
-    snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/efreet/icon_data.update", efreet_cache_home_get());
+    snprintf(file, sizeof(file), "%s/efreet/update/icon_data.update", efreet_cache_home_get());
     tmpfd = open(file, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
     if (tmpfd >= 0)
     {
diff --git a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_cache.c b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_cache.c
index 437e1840e2..ebf0857c0e 100644
--- a/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_cache.c
+++ b/legacy/efreet/src/lib/efreet_cache.c
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ efreet_cache_init(void)
             }
             efreet_setowner(buf);
         }
+        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/efreet/update", efreet_cache_home_get());
+        if (!ecore_file_exists(buf))
+        {
+            if (!ecore_file_mkpath(buf))
+            {
+                ERR("Failed to create directory '%s'", buf);
+                goto error;
+            }
+            efreet_setowner(buf);
+        }
 
         cache_exe_handler = ecore_event_handler_add(ECORE_EXE_EVENT_DEL,
                                                     cache_exe_cb, NULL);