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} \