diff --git a/winiso/deploy.fish b/winiso/deploy.fish
index 08b6d3d7..cfdb8334 100644
--- a/winiso/deploy.fish
+++ b/winiso/deploy.fish
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ begin
 
     if [ -z "$_flag_usb" ]
         set -l isoFile "$(status dirname)/build/winiso-valhalla.iso"
+        mkdir -p (dirname "$isoFile")
 
         mkisofs \
             -V "$setupLabel" \