diff --git a/salt/suricata/init.sls b/salt/suricata/init.sls
index 39f419ad0..547eee863 100644
--- a/salt/suricata/init.sls
+++ b/salt/suricata/init.sls
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ surilogdir:
     - user: 940
     - group: 939
 
+suridatadir:
+  file.directory:
+    - name: /nsm/suricata
+    - user: 940
+    - group: 939
+
 surirulesync:
   file.recurse:
     - name: /opt/so/conf/suricata/rules/
@@ -119,6 +125,7 @@ so-suricata:
       - /opt/so/conf/suricata/threshold.conf:/etc/suricata/threshold.conf:ro
       - /opt/so/conf/suricata/rules:/etc/suricata/rules:ro
       - /opt/so/log/suricata/:/var/log/suricata/:rw
+      - /nsm/suricata/:/nsm/suricata/:rw
       - /opt/so/conf/suricata/bpf:/etc/suricata/bpf:ro
     - network_mode: host
     - watch: