diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 2ffd87e29304aabc7642fde65030b190637d4bc6..7bdf790ffa84e01a873d9e17d696913dc39ed7ac 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ jobs:
           paths:
             - /home/circleci/.cache/apt
       - checkout
+      - run:
+         name: Create deps folder as needed
+         command: mkdir -p make/linux/64/SDL/deps/
       - run:
           name: make master depend file
           command: find make/linux/64/SDL/deps/ -type f -print0 | sort -z | xargs -r0 cat > make/linux/64/SDL.deps