diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitea.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitea.nix
index 824c8eeb5324..3ae514fe68ff 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitea.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitea.nix
@@ -468,12 +468,14 @@ in
       "d '${cfg.stateDir}/conf' 0750 ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "d '${cfg.stateDir}/custom' 0750 ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "d '${cfg.stateDir}/custom/conf' 0750 ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
+      "d '${cfg.stateDir}/data' 0750 ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "d '${cfg.stateDir}/log' 0750 ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "z '${cfg.stateDir}' 0750 ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "z '${cfg.stateDir}/.ssh' 0700 ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "z '${cfg.stateDir}/conf' 0750 ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "z '${cfg.stateDir}/custom' 0750 ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "z '${cfg.stateDir}/custom/conf' 0750 ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
+      "z '${cfg.stateDir}/data' 0750 ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "z '${cfg.stateDir}/log' 0750 ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "Z '${cfg.stateDir}' - ${cfg.user} gitea - -"