diff --git a/include/image-commands.mk b/include/image-commands.mk
index 1f6ba1c15a..41e1c96948 100644
--- a/include/image-commands.mk
+++ b/include/image-commands.mk
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ define Build/append-image-stage
 	cp "$(BIN_DIR)/$(DEVICE_IMG_PREFIX)-$(1)" "$@.stripmeta"
 	fwtool -s /dev/null -t "$@.stripmeta" || :
 	fwtool -i /dev/null -t "$@.stripmeta" || :
+	mkdir -p "$(STAGING_DIR_IMAGE)"
 	dd if="$@.stripmeta" of="$(STAGING_DIR_IMAGE)/$(BOARD)$(if $(SUBTARGET),-$(SUBTARGET))-$(DEVICE_NAME)-$(1)"
 	dd if="$@.stripmeta" >> "$@"
 	rm "$@.stripmeta"