diff --git a/archrelease b/archrelease
index dc86d3f..2ce6f35 100755
--- a/archrelease
+++ b/archrelease
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ ! -d ../repos/$1 ]; then
     pushd ..
+    [ -d repos ] || mkdir repos
     svn copy -r HEAD trunk repos/$1
     svn commit -m "archrelease: new repo $1"
     pushd repos/$1