diff --git a/javapackages/macros.xmvn b/javapackages/macros.xmvn
index 9e0e332..d72e90f 100644
--- a/javapackages/macros.xmvn
+++ b/javapackages/macros.xmvn
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 # buildroot. It is intended to be placed in %install section of spec file.
 #
 %mvn_install() \
+install -d -m 755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/ \
 [ -d .xmvn/root ] && cp -pr .xmvn/root/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT \
 if [ -d target/site/apidocs ]; then \
    install -dm755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_javadocdir}/%{name} \