diff --git a/openwrt/target/squashfs-lzma/squashfslzmaroot.mk b/openwrt/target/squashfs-lzma/squashfslzmaroot.mk
index 722c20524e..4059896bc9 100644
--- a/openwrt/target/squashfs-lzma/squashfslzmaroot.mk
+++ b/openwrt/target/squashfs-lzma/squashfslzmaroot.mk
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ squashfslzma-dirclean:
 squashfslzmaroot: squashfslzma
 	@rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/man
 	@rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/info
+	@mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/jffs
 	$(SQUASHFSLZMA_DIR)/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs-lzma $(TARGET_DIR) $(IMAGE).squashfslzma -noappend -root-owned -le
 
 squashfslzmaroot-source: squashfslzma-source
diff --git a/openwrt/target/squashfs/squashfsroot.mk b/openwrt/target/squashfs/squashfsroot.mk
index d3a104a83f..62b645a883 100644
--- a/openwrt/target/squashfs/squashfsroot.mk
+++ b/openwrt/target/squashfs/squashfsroot.mk
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ squashfs-dirclean:
 squashfsroot: squashfs
 	@rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/man
 	@rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/info
+	@mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/jffs
 	$(SQUASHFS_DIR)/squashfs-tools/mksquashfs $(TARGET_DIR) $(IMAGE).squashfs -noappend -root-owned -le
 
 squashfsroot-source: squashfs-source