diff --git a/bin/shpkg_bootstrap b/bin/shpkg_bootstrap
index 35ec9d4..f5bdef8 100755
--- a/bin/shpkg_bootstrap
+++ b/bin/shpkg_bootstrap
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ else
fi
# profile
+mkdir -p "${SHPKG_DIR}/etc/shpkg"
{
echo "export SHPKG_DIR='${SHPKG_DIR}'"
echo "export PATH='${SHPKG_DIR}/bin:${PATH}'"