diff --git a/genesis/buildgenesis.sh b/genesis/buildgenesis.sh
index 5ec804fe..1d5998a8 100644
--- a/genesis/buildgenesis.sh
+++ b/genesis/buildgenesis.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ dracut --no-early-microcode --xz -N -m "genesis base" -f boot/initramfs/distribu
 cp -f /boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r) boot/kernel
 cp /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI boot/efi/boot
 cp /boot/efi/EFI/centos/grubx64.efi boot/efi/boot/grubx64.efi
+mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
 tar cf ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/confluent-genesis.tar boot
 rpmbuild -bb confluent-genesis.spec
 rm -rf /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/97genesis