diff --git a/openlitespeed/Dockerfile b/openlitespeed/Dockerfile
index 6626c32..5b31ff9 100644
--- a/openlitespeed/Dockerfile
+++ b/openlitespeed/Dockerfile
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ RUN groupmod -g 999 lsadm
 RUN mkdir -p /var/www/html/public /var/www/html/logs \
     && chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html /usr/local/lsws
 
+# Create the default PHP session directory (lsphp's session.save_path)
+RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/php/sessions \
+    && chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/php/sessions \
+    && chmod 0700 /var/lib/php/sessions
+
 RUN echo "# Custom configurations" >> /usr/local/lsws/${LSPHP}/etc/php/${PHP_VERSION}/litespeed/php.ini && \
     echo "include_dir /usr/local/etc/php/custom-conf.d" >> /usr/local/lsws/${LSPHP}/etc/php/${PHP_VERSION}/litespeed/php.ini
 
diff --git a/openlitespeed/entrypoint.sh b/openlitespeed/entrypoint.sh
index 1f954bc..889142f 100644
--- a/openlitespeed/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/openlitespeed/entrypoint.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ usermod -u $PUID www-data
 
 # Ensure correct permissions
 chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
+chown www-data:www-data /var/lib/php/sessions
 chown -R lsadm:lsadm /usr/local/lsws
 
 # Start OpenLiteSpeed