diff --git a/scripts_archlinux/01_install_core.sh b/scripts_archlinux/01_install_core.sh
index 270157a..ec75d35 100755
--- a/scripts_archlinux/01_install_core.sh
+++ b/scripts_archlinux/01_install_core.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 echo "Mounting archlinux install system into mnt_archlinux_dvd..."
+mkdir -p mnt_archlinux_dvd
 sudo mount $CACHEDIR/root-image.fs mnt_archlinux_dvd
 
 echo "Creating chroot bootstrap environment"
diff --git a/scripts_archlinux/04_install_qubes.sh b/scripts_archlinux/04_install_qubes.sh
index 877a401..a6ffaeb 100755
--- a/scripts_archlinux/04_install_qubes.sh
+++ b/scripts_archlinux/04_install_qubes.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 echo "Mounting archlinux install system into mnt_archlinux_dvd..."
+mkdir -p mnt_archlinux_dvd
 sudo mount $CACHEDIR/root-image.fs mnt_archlinux_dvd
 
 # Note: Enable x86 repos