diff --git a/builder/build.go b/builder/build.go
index 87c342a323..75322be750 100644
--- a/builder/build.go
+++ b/builder/build.go
@@ -604,6 +604,11 @@ func Build(pkgName, outpath, tmpdir string, config *compileopts.Config) (BuildRe
 		},
 	}
 
+	// Create the output directory, if needed
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(outpath), 0755); err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+
 	// Check whether we only need to create an object file.
 	// If so, we don't need to link anything and will be finished quickly.
 	outext := filepath.Ext(outpath)