diff --git a/juliaup.spec b/juliaup.spec
index cb5882a..dface9a 100644
--- a/juliaup.spec
+++ b/juliaup.spec
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ release channel abstraction.
 
 # We are doing alternatives so we move julia as julialauncher
 mv %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/julia %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/julialauncher
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives
 ln -sf %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/julia %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/julia
 
 %post