diff --git a/src/cmd-init b/src/cmd-init
index bb20efb472..4ddbc611a1 100755
--- a/src/cmd-init
+++ b/src/cmd-init
@@ -118,4 +118,5 @@ mkdir -p src
 mkdir -p cache
 mkdir -p builds
 mkdir -p tmp
+mkdir -p overrides/rpm
 ostree --repo=repo init --mode=archive