diff --git a/genbuilddate.sh b/genbuilddate.sh
index 0100a4e..0e90cff 100755
--- a/genbuilddate.sh
+++ b/genbuilddate.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+BUILDDATEDIR="version"
 BUILDDATEGO="version/builddate.go"
+if [ ! -d "$BUILDDATEDIR" ]; then
+        mkdir $BUILDDATEDIR
+fi
 echo "package version" >$BUILDDATEGO
 echo "" >>$BUILDDATEGO
 echo "const (" >>$BUILDDATEGO
diff --git a/genversion.sh b/genversion.sh
index 3f24f88..c3c7c67 100755
--- a/genversion.sh
+++ b/genversion.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+VERSIONDIR="version"
 VERSIONGO="version/version.go"
+if [ ! -d "$VERSIONDIR" ]; then
+        mkdir $VERSIONDIR 
+fi
 echo "package version" >$VERSIONGO
 echo "" >>$VERSIONGO
 echo "const (" >>$VERSIONGO