diff --git a/cmake/bus/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/bus/CMakeLists.txt
index faf9a8e9..2657605e 100644
--- a/cmake/bus/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/bus/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ set (config_DATA
 
 # config files for installation 
 CONFIGURE_FILE( "${BUS_DIR}/session.conf.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/session.conf" IMMEDIATE @ONLY)
+FILE(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/session.d)
+
 CONFIGURE_FILE( "system.conf.cmake" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/system.conf" IMMEDIATE @ONLY)
+FILE(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/system.d)
 
 # copy services for local daemon start to local service dir data/dbus-1/services
 SET (SERVICE_FILES test/data/valid-service-files)