diff --git a/prezbuilder-ci.yml b/prezbuilder-ci.yml
index 49c2fdd7c108fbf0de7bc09c3c205f07c263eb2e..72cc1d02218ecf87e0445069a60ca45725a59fcc 100644
--- a/prezbuilder-ci.yml
+++ b/prezbuilder-ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
   image:
     name: "${PREZBUILDER_IMAGE}:${PREZBUILDER_TAG}"
     entrypoint: [""]
+  before_script:
+    - mkdir -p public
   script:
     - prezbuilder build "${PREZBUILDER_SRC}" public
   artifacts: