diff --git a/src/kits/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.cpp b/src/kits/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.cpp
index 1734ba0e73..957c593733 100644
--- a/src/kits/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/package/hpkg/ReaderImplBase.cpp
@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ ReaderImplBase::GlobalWritableFileInfoAttributeHandler::HandleAttribute(
 				= (BWritableFileUpdateType)value.unsignedInt;
 			break;
 
+		case B_HPKG_ATTRIBUTE_ID_PACKAGE_IS_WRITABLE_DIRECTORY:
+			fPackageInfoValue.globalWritableFileInfo.isDirectory
+				= value.unsignedInt != 0;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			if (context->ignoreUnknownAttributes)
 				break;
@@ -388,6 +393,11 @@ ReaderImplBase::UserSettingsFileInfoAttributeHandler::HandleAttribute(
 			fPackageInfoValue.userSettingsFileInfo.templatePath = value.string;
 			break;
 
+		case B_HPKG_ATTRIBUTE_ID_PACKAGE_IS_WRITABLE_DIRECTORY:
+			fPackageInfoValue.userSettingsFileInfo.isDirectory
+				= value.unsignedInt != 0;
+			break;
+
 		default:
 			if (context->ignoreUnknownAttributes)
 				break;