diff --git a/platform/debian/SFLautopackage.sh b/platform/debian/SFLautopackage.sh
index 66acbd287775100813fe45de4f3ad557c97f3fd6..5ab8c5397b96edc033f6c38e6ae88747139a7710 100755
--- a/platform/debian/SFLautopackage.sh
+++ b/platform/debian/SFLautopackage.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ cp $sharedir/sflphone/*.svg $sfldir$sharedir/sflphone
 #/usr/share/sflphone/ringtones
 cp $sharedir/sflphone/ringtones/* $sfldir$sharedir/sflphone/ringtones
 #/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES
+mkdir -p $sfldir$sharedir/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES
 cp $sharedir/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/sflphone.mo	$sfldir$sharedir/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES
 
 # DEBIAN files