diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index a9e8dac7f9811a163ad623729199662ab241700e..310e92fc27ac8b1a000a1f0a3f4cf1c22863df30 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ bash 'Setup TYPO3' do
 				-C #{node['typo3_site']['webroot']}/typo3_src-#{node['typo3_site']['typo3_version']};
 		fi
 
+		mkdir -p #{node['typo3_site']['webroot']}/#{node['typo3_site']['hostname']};
 		cd #{node['typo3_site']['webroot']}/#{node['typo3_site']['hostname']}
 		rm -f typo3_src
 		ln -s ../typo3_src-#{node['typo3_site']['typo3_version']} typo3_src