diff --git a/linuxbrew-bottles.sh b/linuxbrew-bottles.sh
index 96e1e0d..a8fb833 100755
--- a/linuxbrew-bottles.sh
+++ b/linuxbrew-bottles.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ do
         repo_name="homebrew-${tap}"
         args="mac"
     fi
+    mkdir -p "$HOMEBREW_CACHE"
     remote_filelist="$HOMEBREW_CACHE/filelist.txt"
 
     echo "===== SYNC STARTED AT $(date -R) ====="