diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c966401482..7e4b69129e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ fdroid build:
 
     - bash fdroidserver/buildserver/setup-env-vars $ANDROID_HOME
     - adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" vagrant
-    - echo "vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/vagrant
+    - mkdir /etc/sudoers.d/ && echo "vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/vagrant
     - ln -s $CI_PROJECT_DIR/fdroidserver /home/vagrant/fdroidserver
     - mkdir -p /vagrant/cache
     - wget -q https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.2-bin.zip