diff --git a/tests/test_init_package.py b/tests/test_init_package.py
index 8f376070..ea9115f8 100644
--- a/tests/test_init_package.py
+++ b/tests/test_init_package.py
@@ -11,8 +11,16 @@ def suite():
 
 class TestInitPackage(OscTestCase):
     def _get_fixtures_dir(self):
+        # workaround for git because it doesn't allow empty dirs
+        if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(FIXTURES_DIR, 'osctest')):
+            os.mkdir(os.path.join(FIXTURES_DIR, 'osctest'))
         return FIXTURES_DIR
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if os.path.exists(os.path.join(FIXTURES_DIR, 'osctest')):
+            os.rmdir(os.path.join(FIXTURES_DIR, 'osctest'))
+        OscTestCase.tearDown(self)
+
     def test_simple(self):
         """initialize a package dir"""
         pac_dir = os.path.join(self.tmpdir, 'testpkg')