diff --git a/packages/transport/src/modules/sync/SyncController.ts b/packages/transport/src/modules/sync/SyncController.ts
index c42c4d672..53e4a1303 100644
--- a/packages/transport/src/modules/sync/SyncController.ts
+++ b/packages/transport/src/modules/sync/SyncController.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ export class SyncController extends TransportController {
 
         const identityDatawalletVersion = await this.getIdentityDatawalletVersion();
 
+        if (identityDatawalletVersion === undefined) {
+            await this.setInititalDatawalletVersion(this.config.supportedDatawalletVersion);
+            await this.setLastCompletedDatawalletSyncTime();
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (this.config.supportedDatawalletVersion < identityDatawalletVersion) {
             // This means that the datawallet of the identity was upgraded by another device with a higher version.
             // It is necessary to update the current device.
@@ -317,9 +323,16 @@ export class SyncController extends TransportController {
         await this.finalizeDatawalletVersionUpgradeSyncRun(version);
     }
 
-    private async getIdentityDatawalletVersion() {
-        const datawalletInfo = (await this.client.getDatawallet()).value;
-        return datawalletInfo.version;
+    private async getIdentityDatawalletVersion(): Promise<number | undefined> {
+        const result = await this.client.getDatawallet();
+
+        if (result.isError) {
+            if (result.error.code === "error.platform.recordNotFound") return undefined;
+
+            throw result.error;
+        }
+
+        return result.value.version;
     }
 
     private async startExternalEventsSyncRun(): Promise<boolean> {
diff --git a/packages/transport/test/modules/sync/SyncController.test.ts b/packages/transport/test/modules/sync/SyncController.test.ts
index eaf0744b6..b6a7fee23 100644
--- a/packages/transport/test/modules/sync/SyncController.test.ts
+++ b/packages/transport/test/modules/sync/SyncController.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { IDatabaseConnection } from "@js-soft/docdb-access-abstractions";
 import { sleep } from "@js-soft/ts-utils";
 import { CoreDate } from "@nmshd/core-types";
-import { AccountController, Transport } from "../../../src";
+import { AccountController, ClientResult, RequestError, Transport } from "../../../src";
 import { FakeSyncClient } from "../../testHelpers/FakeSyncClient";
 import { TestUtil } from "../../testHelpers/TestUtil";
 
@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ describe("SyncController", function () {
         }
     });
 
+    test("syncDatawallet creates a missing Datawallet", async function () {
+        const syncClient = new FakeSyncClient();
+        const account = await TestUtil.createAccount(transport, connection, { syncClient });
+        syncClient.finalizeDatawalletVersionUpgradeRequest = undefined;
+
+        jest.spyOn(syncClient, "getDatawallet").mockResolvedValue(
+            ClientResult.fail(new RequestError("GET", "/api/v2/Datawallet", undefined, "error.platform.recordNotFound", "Datawallet not found.", "", 404))
+        );
+
+        await account.syncDatawallet();
+
+        expect(syncClient.finalizeDatawalletVersionUpgradeRequest).toBeDefined();
+        expect(syncClient.finalizeDatawalletVersionUpgradeRequest!.newDatawalletVersion).toBe(account.config.supportedDatawalletVersion);
+    });
+
     test("syncDatawallet upgrades identityDatawalletVersion to supportedDatawalletVersion", async function () {
         const syncClient = new FakeSyncClient();