diff --git a/makepot b/makepot
index c6e3bf4..0a75270 100755
--- a/makepot
+++ b/makepot
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ set -e
 
 for i in po/*.po
 do
+  mkdir -p "$1"/"$(echo $i | cut -d"/" -f2 | cut -d"." -f1)"/LC_MESSAGES
   msgfmt -v $i -o "$1"/"$(echo $i | cut -d"/" -f2 | cut -d"." -f1)"/LC_MESSAGES/pika-first-setup-gtk4.mo
 done
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