diff --git a/Dockerfile.openj9 b/Dockerfile.openj9
index 4d42736..3070f9c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.openj9
+++ b/Dockerfile.openj9
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jdk.nio.mapmode,jdk.random,jdk.sctp,jdk.security.auth,jdk.security.jgss,jdk.unsu
 jdk.xml.dom,jdk.zipfs,openj9.criu,openj9.cuda,openj9.dataaccess,openj9.gpu,openj9.jvm,\
 openj9.sharedclasses,openj9.zosconditionhandling
 
-RUN mv ./* /build/dist/
+RUN mkdir -p /build/dist && mv ./* /build/dist/
 
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