diff --git a/docker/services/swift-storage.yaml b/docker/services/swift-storage.yaml
index 9d1ddad71e..e35cd0d7f5 100644
--- a/docker/services/swift-storage.yaml
+++ b/docker/services/swift-storage.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ parameters:
     default: {}
     description: 'A hash of additional raw devices to use as Swift backend (eg. {sdb: {}})'
     type: json
+  SwiftUseLocalDir:
+    default: true
+    description: 'Use a local directory for Swift storage services when building rings'
+    type: boolean
   UpgradeRemoveUnusedPackages:
     default: false
     description: Remove package if the service is being disabled during upgrade
@@ -435,6 +439,14 @@ outputs:
             - /srv/node
             - /var/log/swift
             - /var/log/containers
+        - name: Set swift_use_local_disks fact
+          set_fact:
+            swift_use_local_disks: {get_param: SwiftUseLocalDir}
+        - name: Create Swift d1 directory if needed
+          file:
+            path: "/srv/node/d1"
+            state: directory
+          when: swift_use_local_disks
         - name: Create swift logging symlink
           file:
             src: /var/log/swift
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/swift-create-d1-containerized-8eda040d9088be7d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/swift-create-d1-containerized-8eda040d9088be7d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f02988b9cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/swift-create-d1-containerized-8eda040d9088be7d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+    Swift added a requirement to ensure that storage directories exist before
+    using them. However, when local directories are used in Tripleo (storing
+    data in /srv/node/d1), these are missing by default and thus Swift won't
+    store any data. This fix creates this directory if needed on a
+    containerized environment.