diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.cpp b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.cpp
index 12fb5d565..b1b11f6a5 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.cpp
@@ -4932,7 +4932,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     }
     
     if (enable_dss && ss_issharedstorage) {
-        ss_need_mkspecialdir = (ss_enable_dorado && !ss_check_specialdir(vgdata));
+        ss_need_mkspecialdir = !ss_check_specialdir(vgdata);
         ss_mkdirdir(ss_nodeid, pg_data, vgdata, vglog, ss_need_mkclusterdir, ss_need_mkspecialdir);
     } else {
         /* Create required subdirectories */
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_probackup/dir.cpp b/src/bin/pg_probackup/dir.cpp
index 95d500f7b..44b17ecb2 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_probackup/dir.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/pg_probackup/dir.cpp
@@ -1321,6 +1321,10 @@ create_data_directories(parray *dest_files, const char *data_dir, const char *ba
             if (ss_create_if_doublewrite(dir, instance_config.dss.vgdata, instance_config.dss.instance_id)) {
                 continue;
             }
+
+            if (ss_create_if_pg_replication(dir, instance_config.dss.vgdata, instance_config.dss.vglog)) {
+                continue;
+            }
         }
 
         /* tablespace_map exists */
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_probackup/pg_probackupc.h b/src/bin/pg_probackup/pg_probackupc.h
index 13df3f742..19b31d02a 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_probackup/pg_probackupc.h
+++ b/src/bin/pg_probackup/pg_probackupc.h
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ extern void parse_vgname_args(const char* args);
 extern bool is_ss_xlog(const char *ss_dir);
 extern void ss_createdir(const char *ss_dir, const char *vgdata, const char *vglog);
 extern bool ss_create_if_doublewrite(pgFile* dir, const char* vgdata, int instance_id);
+extern bool ss_create_if_pg_replication(pgFile* dir, const char* vgdata, const char* vglog);
 extern char* xstrdup(const char* s);
 extern void set_min_recovery_point(pgFile *file, const char *fullpath,
                                    XLogRecPtr stop_backup_lsn);
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_probackup/util.cpp b/src/bin/pg_probackup/util.cpp
index c6bb47ddb..c7fa12452 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_probackup/util.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/pg_probackup/util.cpp
@@ -594,10 +594,31 @@ ss_createdir(const char *ss_dir, const char *vgdata, const char *vglog)
     }
 }
 
+bool
+ss_create_if_pg_replication(pgFile* dir, const char* vgdata, const char* vglog)
+{
+    if (pg_strcasecmp(dir->rel_path, "pg_replication") == 0) {
+        char path[MAXPGPATH];
+        errno_t rc = sprintf_s(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", vglog, dir->rel_path);
+        securec_check_ss_c(rc, "\0", "\0");
+        char link_path[MAXPGPATH];
+        rc = sprintf_s(link_path, sizeof(link_path), "%s/%s", vgdata, dir->rel_path);
+        securec_check_ss_c(rc, "\0", "\0");
+        dir_create_dir(path, DIR_PERMISSION);
+        if (symlink(path, link_path) < 0) {
+            elog(ERROR, "can not link dss  dir \"%s\" to dss  dir \"%s\": %s", link_path, path,
+                strerror(errno));
+        }
+        return true;
+    } else {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
 bool
 ss_create_if_doublewrite(pgFile* dir, const char* vgdata, int instance_id)
 {
-    char ss_doublewrite[MAXPGPATH];;  
+    char ss_doublewrite[MAXPGPATH];
     errno_t rc = sprintf_s(ss_doublewrite, sizeof(ss_doublewrite), "%s%d", "pg_doublewrite", instance_id);
     securec_check_ss_c(rc, "\0", "\0");
     if (pg_strcasecmp(dir->rel_path, ss_doublewrite) == 0) {