diff --git a/hack/lib/tilt/Tiltfile b/hack/lib/tilt/Tiltfile
index d65800a4..b2d0a153 100644
--- a/hack/lib/tilt/Tiltfile
+++ b/hack/lib/tilt/Tiltfile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ os.putenv('CGO_ENABLED', '0')
 # Compile all of our ./cmd/... binaries.
 local_resource(
   'compile',
-  'cd ../../../ && go build -v -ldflags "$(hack/get-ldflags.sh)" -o ./hack/lib/tilt/build ./cmd/...',
+  'cd ../../../ && mkdir -p ./hack/lib/tilt/build && go build -v -ldflags "$(hack/get-ldflags.sh)" -o ./hack/lib/tilt/build ./cmd/...',
   deps=['../../../cmd', '../../../internal', '../../../pkg', '../../../generated'],
 )