diff --git a/src/deforaos-update.sh b/src/deforaos-update.sh
index 19b76d8..6edb538 100755
--- a/src/deforaos-update.sh
+++ b/src/deforaos-update.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ _deforaos_update_cvs()
 
 	#checkout tree if necessary
 	if [ ! -d "$SRC" ]; then
+		$MKDIR -- "$ROOT"				|| exit 2
 		echo ""
 		echo "Checking out CVS module $CVSMODULE:"
 		(cd "$ROOT" && $CVS "-d$CVSROOT" co "$CVSMODULE") \