diff --git a/stpkg b/stpkg
index ae9b9751fe13f919b0dcb5d90db6d809c85e3bc4..64e188e5809d221fc3185580779100e6597f3a83 100755
--- a/stpkg
+++ b/stpkg
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ EOF
         || die "Failed to git clone the stickerpicker project. Your config file ($STPKG_CONF_FILE) is probably corrupted, you should clean it by hand"
 
     cd $STPKG_INSTALL/   || die "Failed to cd to '$STPKG_INSTALL/'"
+    mkdir -p packs       || die "Failed to create 'packs' directory"
     cp packs/* web/packs || die "Failed to copy default packs to '$STPKG_INSTALL/web/packs/'"
 
     default_index > $STPKG_INSTALL/web/packs/index.json || die "Failed to create default index.json file"