diff --git a/src/git_revision.sh b/src/git_revision.sh
index 51252fb6..827df694 100755
--- a/src/git_revision.sh
+++ b/src/git_revision.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 echo "-- Generating header for git hash"
 GIT_HEADER="src/git-revision.h"
+[ -d src ] || mkdir src
 
 GIT_BRANCH=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`