diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 59ce05799..903004608 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ $provisioning_script = <<SCRIPT
 # use remote git version instead of sharing a copy from host to preserve proper file permissions
 # and prevent permission related issues for the temp directory
 git clone https://github.com/armbian/build /home/ubuntu/armbian
+mkdir -p /vagrant/output /vagrant/userpatches
 ln -sf /vagrant/output /home/ubuntu/armbian/output
 ln -sf /vagrant/userpatches /home/ubuntu/armbian/userpatches
 SCRIPT