diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/pants/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/pants/default.nix
index f2953a10dfa..66d99c7fd93 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/pants/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/pants/default.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ let
     mkdir -p $out/bin/native-engine/${pants13-native-engine-prefix}/$native_version/
 
     # These should behave the same way in Nix land and we try not to differentiate between OS revisions...
+    mkdir -p $out/bin/native-engine/mac/
     ln -s 10.11 $out/bin/native-engine/mac/10.10
     ln -s 10.11 $out/bin/native-engine/mac/10.12