diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ddcec5c78..69440dd83 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ jobs:
           name: Build source tarball
           command: ../dist/maketarball.sh
           working_directory: bin
+      - run:
+          name: Create rpmbuild directory
+          command: mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
       - run:
           name: Move source tarball
           command: mv clementine-*.tar.xz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES