diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 8d4e30b1e6c0c0a8ab79ac33d2ca964a1b32079f..48c55a12a3c14cdefb2e0e618bfbaa0c3572a27a 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure)
       --disabled-password --disabled-login \
       --quiet --ingroup gitlab-deps gitlab-deps
 
-    mkdir /var/lib/gitlab-deps
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/gitlab-deps
     chown gitlab-deps:gitlab-deps /var/lib/gitlab-deps
     chmod 0700 /var/lib/gitlab-deps
     ;;