diff --git a/3.9.4/docker-entrypoint.sh b/3.9.4/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 03a4510..422c230 100755
--- a/3.9.4/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/3.9.4/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
+# Create directories if they don't exist
+mkdir -p "$ZOO_DATA_DIR" "$ZOO_DATA_LOG_DIR" "$ZOO_LOG_DIR"
+
 # Allow the container to be started with `--user`
 if [[ "$1" = 'zkServer.sh' && "$(id -u)" = '0' ]]; then
     chown -R zookeeper "$ZOO_DATA_DIR" "$ZOO_DATA_LOG_DIR" "$ZOO_LOG_DIR"