diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f4f19daf..76f72330 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ commands = openstack-doc-test --check-deletions {posargs}
 
 [testenv:checkbuild]
 commands =
+  mkdir -p publish-docs/training-guides
   openstack-doc-test --check-build {posargs}
   bash -c "tar czf publish-docs/training-guides/labs-scripts.tgz labs"