diff --git a/kile/PKGBUILD b/kile/PKGBUILD
index dee261b96..9286291a0 100644
--- a/kile/PKGBUILD
+++ b/kile/PKGBUILD
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ source=("https://downloads.sourceforge.net/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2")
 sha256sums=('177372dc25b1d109e037a7dbfc64b5dab2efe538320c87f4a8ceada21e9097f2')
 
 build() {
+  mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake ../${pkgname}-${pkgver} \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \