diff --git a/dependencies/compile_resources.sh b/dependencies/compile_resources.sh
index e3f151d..6782912 100755
--- a/dependencies/compile_resources.sh
+++ b/dependencies/compile_resources.sh
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ set -x
 ./resource_embedder -o ../obj/resources.c -d ../../resources $inputs
 gcc -Wall -Wextra -O2 -DEMBEDDED_RESOURCE_DEFINITION -c ../obj/resources.c -o ../bin/resources.o
 set +x
+mkdir -p ../../src/generated
 cat ../obj/resources.c | head -n42 > ../../src/generated/resources.h
 echo "embedded resources header was created at src/generated/resources.h"