diff --git a/bsp/realview-a8/mk.sh b/bsp/realview-a8/mk.sh
index 540f41c654..964009c271 100644
--- a/bsp/realview-a8/mk.sh
+++ b/bsp/realview-a8/mk.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ KDIR=~/linux-git
 BUILD_ROOT_DIR=/temp-build/buildroot-2014.02/
 
 scons -j20
+mkdir -p $BUILD_ROOT_DIR/output/target/vmm
 cp rtthread.bin $BUILD_ROOT_DIR/output/target/vmm
 
 (