diff --git a/electron-builder.json b/electron-builder.json
index 4afcea26..90de0232 100644
--- a/electron-builder.json
+++ b/electron-builder.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
       ]
     }
   ],
+  "beforePack": "scripts/beforepack.js",
   "afterPack": "scripts/afterpack.js",
   "afterAllArtifactBuild": "scripts/afterbuild.js",
   "deb": {
diff --git a/scripts/beforepack.js b/scripts/beforepack.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..970faa11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/beforepack.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2016-present Mattermost, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+// See LICENSE.txt for license information.
+
+var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
+
+exports.default = async function beforePack(context) {
+    // The debian packager (fpm) complains when the directory to output the package to doesn't exist
+    // So we have to manually create it first
+    var dir = path.join(context.outDir, context.packager.appInfo.version)
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dir)){
+        fs.mkdirSync(dir);
+    }
+};