diff --git a/packaging/CMakeLists.txt b/packaging/CMakeLists.txt
index c6969af5..d6fc19f0 100644
--- a/packaging/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/packaging/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set(APP_SPDX "LGPL-3.0-or-later")
 
 string(TIMESTAMP BUILD_DATE UTC)
 
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/icons)
 file(COPY_FILE icons/isle.svg ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/icons/${APP_ID}.svg)
 
 # The following will need to be refined if we wish to post actual releases to a repo such as Flathub