diff --git a/pkg/build.sh b/pkg/build.sh
index b536fd7cc..b602acb1b 100755
--- a/pkg/build.sh
+++ b/pkg/build.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ case $os@$release in
     mkdir -p $destdir/etc/sysconfig
     mkdir -p $destdir/etc/init.d
 	mkdir -p $destdir/etc/logstash/conf.d
-	mkdir -p $destdir/opt/logstash
+	mkdir -p $destdir/opt/logstash/tmp
     mkdir -p $destdir/var/lib/logstash
     mkdir -p $destdir/var/run/logstash
     mkdir -p $destdir/var/log/logstash