diff --git a/build-aux/dist-vendor b/build-aux/dist-vendor
index d9912f7..c033866 100755
--- a/build-aux/dist-vendor
+++ b/build-aux/dist-vendor
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export DIST="$1"
 export SOURCE_ROOT="$2"
 
 cd "$SOURCE_ROOT"
+mkdir "$DIST"/.cargo
 cargo vendor >"$DIST/.cargo/config"
 sed -i 's/^directory = ".*"/directory = "vendor"/g' "$DIST/.cargo/config"
 mv vendor "$DIST"