diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index 3d2ae44..451c69d 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ ifdef BOOT_RAMDISK_SEANDROIDENFORCE
 endif
 
 $(HALIUM_BOOT_RAMDISK):
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	@echo "Downloading initramfs to : $@"
 ifdef BOARD_USE_LOCAL_INITRD
 	@echo "Using local initramfs at device/*/$(TARGET_DEVICE)/initramfs.gz"