diff --git a/src/helpers.c b/src/helpers.c
index fb9902c8..10708050 100644
--- a/src/helpers.c
+++ b/src/helpers.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ int create_state_dirs(const char *state_dir_path)
 	unsigned int i;
 	char *dir;
 #define STATE_DIR_COUNT (sizeof(state_dirs) / sizeof(state_dirs[0]))
-	const char *state_dirs[] = { "delta", "staged", "download", "telemetry", "bundles" };
+	const char *state_dirs[] = { "delta", "staged", "download", "telemetry", "bundles", "3rd_party" };
 
 	// check for existence
 	if (ensure_root_owned_dir(state_dir_path)) {
diff --git a/test/functional/testlib.bash b/test/functional/testlib.bash
index 48c9747f..ce6886ab 100644
--- a/test/functional/testlib.bash
+++ b/test/functional/testlib.bash
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ create_test_environment() { # swupd_function
 
 	# state files & dirs
 	debug_msg "Creating a state dir"
-	sudo mkdir -p "$statedir"/{staged,download,delta,telemetry,bundles}
+	sudo mkdir -p "$statedir"/{staged,download,delta,telemetry,bundles,3rd_party}
 	sudo chmod -R 0700 "$statedir"
 
 	# export environment variables that are dependent of the test env