diff --git a/livesupport/modules/archiveServer/etc/Makefile.in b/livesupport/modules/archiveServer/etc/Makefile.in
index 2e3c8581a..7522029c4 100644
--- a/livesupport/modules/archiveServer/etc/Makefile.in
+++ b/livesupport/modules/archiveServer/etc/Makefile.in
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ install:
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #   Specific targets
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+storage: dir_setup db_init
+
 dir_setup: ${DOXYGEN_DIR}
 	bin/setupDirs.sh ${STOR_DIR} ${ACCESS_DIR} ${TRANS_DIR} ${BUFF_DIR}