diff --git a/modules/home-environment.nix b/modules/home-environment.nix
index 4df0c4711..7e3775cd3 100644
--- a/modules/home-environment.nix
+++ b/modules/home-environment.nix
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ in
           phases = [ "installPhase" ];
 
           installPhase =
+            "mkdir -pv $out\n" +
             concatStringsSep "\n" (
               mapAttrsToList (name: value:
                 "install -v -D -m${value.mode} ${value.source} $out/${value.target}"