diff --git a/buildscript b/buildscript
index 9cd1e72..4f2ba4f 100755
--- a/buildscript
+++ b/buildscript
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ prepare() {
 	cat build_patches/changeset_35609.diff | patch -p1 -d $target/feeds
 
     #saves ~200MB for each build
-    mkdir ./dl
+    test -d ./dl || mkdir ./dl
     ln -s ../../dl $target/dl
 
 	board_prepare