diff --git a/tools/osx_packaging/osx_build b/tools/osx_packaging/osx_build
index ad45651b93..856a63cdfa 100755
--- a/tools/osx_packaging/osx_build
+++ b/tools/osx_packaging/osx_build
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ mkdir -p $Templates
 mkdir -p $Frameworks/modules
 mkdir -p $Etc
 mkdir -p $MackieControl
+mkdir -p $Patchfiles
 
 # maybe set variables
 env=""