diff --git a/roles/coreos-bootstrap/files/bootstrap.sh b/roles/coreos-bootstrap/files/bootstrap.sh
index c4d6b4a4f..e041ed291 100644
--- a/roles/coreos-bootstrap/files/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/roles/coreos-bootstrap/files/bootstrap.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ set -e
 
 BINDIR="/opt/bin"
 
+mkdir -p $BINDIR
+
 cd $BINDIR
 
 if [[ -e $BINDIR/.bootstrapped ]]; then