diff --git a/lib/tasks/gettext.rake b/lib/tasks/gettext.rake
index 0eff471..348339f 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gettext.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gettext.rake
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ task :makemo => makemo_stamp
 file makemo_stamp => Dir.glob('po/*/noosfero.po') do
   ruby '-rconfig/boot -e \'require "gettext"; require "gettext/utils"; GetText.create_mofiles(true, "po", "locale")\' 2>/dev/null'
   Rake::Task['symlinkmo'].invoke
+  FileUtils.mkdir_p 'tmp'
   FileUtils.touch makemo_stamp
 end
 
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