diff --git a/eo/build_gcc_linux_tutorial b/eo/build_gcc_linux_tutorial
index f4168fd3..2908e875 100755
--- a/eo/build_gcc_linux_tutorial
+++ b/eo/build_gcc_linux_tutorial
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
-mkdir release
+mkdir -p release
 cd release
 cmake -DENABLE_EO_TUTORIAL=1 ..
 make