diff --git a/src/package-bazel.sh b/src/package-bazel.sh
index b88f2570f1ee25..5b1441fa880d45 100755
--- a/src/package-bazel.sh
+++ b/src/package-bazel.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ cp $* ${PACKAGE_DIR}
 if [[ $DEV_BUILD -eq 0 ]]; then
   # Unpack the deploy jar for postprocessing and for "re-compressing" to save
   # ~10% of final binary size.
+  mkdir -p $RECOMP
   unzip -q -d $RECOMP ${DEPLOY_JAR}
   cd $RECOMP