diff --git a/build/build-stormux.sh b/build/build-stormux.sh
index 2141f10..38bbc5d 100755
--- a/build/build-stormux.sh
+++ b/build/build-stormux.sh
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ rm -rf .cache/yay
 /usr/share/fenrirscreenreader/tools/configure_pipewire.sh
 exit
 # Enable linger so that hopefully sound will start at login.
+mkdir -p /var/lib/systemd/linger
 touch /var/lib/systemd/linger/stormux
 systemctl --global enable pipewire.service pipewire-pulse.service
 /usr/share/fenrirscreenreader/tools/configure_pipewire.sh