diff --git a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
index 2fc17f2ab5..c7ada31516 100644
--- a/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
+++ b/common/xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ chroot_prepare() {
         msg_warn "No local timezone configuration file created.\n"
     fi
 
-    for f in dev sys proc host boot; do
+    for f in dev sys tmp proc host boot; do
         [ ! -d $XBPS_MASTERDIR/$f ] && mkdir -p $XBPS_MASTERDIR/$f
     done