diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 78d273513..1ee94b2cb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ node dependencies:
     - nix -L build -o result .#uniworxNodeDependencies
     - nix-store --export $(nix-store -qR result) > node-dependencies.nar
   before_script: &nix-before
+    - mkdir -p /etc/nix
     - install -m 0644 .gitlab-ci/nix-bootstrap.conf /etc/nix/nix.conf
     - .gitlab-ci/write-minio-creds.sh
     - .gitlab-ci/make-minio-bucket.sh