diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index d9b6286..377d025 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ function build-deb() {
     version="`cat build/DEBIAN/control | grep Version | cut -d " " -f 2`"
     arch="`cat build/DEBIAN/control | grep Arch | cut -d " " -f 2`"
     [ -f "release/remaster_"$version"_"$arch".deb" ] && rm "release/remaster_"$version"_"$arch".deb"
+    mkdir -p release
     mv -v "build.deb" "release/remaster_"$version"_"$arch".deb"
 }