diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/objstorage.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/objstorage.pp
index 400a2a12..faa8885b 100644
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/objstorage.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/objstorage.pp
@@ -1,25 +1,39 @@
 # Deployment of the swh.objstorage.api server
 
 class profile::swh::deploy::objstorage {
   $conf_directory = lookup('swh::deploy::objstorage::conf_directory')
+  $user = lookup('swh::deploy::objstorage::user')
   $group = lookup('swh::deploy::objstorage::group')
   $swh_packages = ['python3-swh.objstorage']
 
   package {$swh_packages:
     ensure  => present,
     require => Apt::Source['softwareheritage'],
   }
   Package[$swh_packages] ~> Service['gunicorn-swh-objstorage']
 
   file {$conf_directory:
     ensure => directory,
     owner  => 'root',
     group  => $group,
     mode   => '0750',
   }
 
   ::profile::swh::deploy::rpc_server {'objstorage':
     executable => 'swh.objstorage.api.wsgi',
     worker     => 'async',
   }
+
+  # special configuration for pathslicing
+  $objstorage_cfg = lookup('swh::deploy::objstorage::config', Hash)['objstorage']
+
+  if $objstorage_cfg['cls'] == 'pathslicing' {
+    $obj_directory = $objstorage_cfg['args']['root']
+    file {$obj_directory:
+      ensure => directory,
+      owner  => $user,
+      group  => $group,
+      mode   => '0750',
+    }
+  }
 }