diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
index 8ab97127294a..b7e4f3e6c483 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/default.nix
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
      '')
    + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     # enable git-credential-osxkeychain by default if darwin
+    mkdir -p $out/etc
     cat > $out/etc/gitconfig << EOF
     [credential]
       helper = osxkeychain