diff --git a/Build/InstallDesktopFile.hs b/Build/InstallDesktopFile.hs
index c8ad9f7598..d248dc20f9 100644
--- a/Build/InstallDesktopFile.hs
+++ b/Build/InstallDesktopFile.hs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ writeOSXDesktop command = do
 	home <- myHomeDir
 	let base = "Library" </> "LaunchAgents" </> label ++ ".plist"
 	autostart <- ifM isRoot ( inDestDir $ "/" </> base , inDestDir $ home </> base)
+	createDirectoryIfMissing True (parentDir autostart)
 	writeFile autostart $ unlines
 		[ "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>"
 		, "<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\" \"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\">"