diff --git a/extra/buildbot.helper b/extra/buildbot.helper
index d29f9e698c..5e068bb2bd 100755
--- a/extra/buildbot.helper
+++ b/extra/buildbot.helper
@@ -1,24 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -x
 self=`basename $0`
 
 if [ x$1 = xinstall ]; then
     mock --configdir=$PWD --root=mock --resultdir=./mock -v --install ./mock/*.rpm nano
 elif [ x$1 = xdownloads ]; then
     mock --configdir=$PWD --root=mock --resultdir=./mock -v --install ./downloads/*.rpm nano
     mock --configdir=$PWD --root=mock --resultdir=./mock -v --copyin $0 /
     mock --configdir=$PWD --root=mock --resultdir=./mock -v --shell -- bash /$self gcov
 
 elif [ x$1 = xgcov ]; then
     # Magic to make the source code available to gcov
     include=`rpm -ql pacemaker-debuginfo | grep include | head -n 1`
     cd $include/..
+
+    # Create the directory structure
+    find . -type d -exec mkdir /var/lib/pacemaker/gcov/\{\} \;
+
+    # Now link the files in place
     find . -type f -exec ln -s $PWD/\{\} /var/lib/pacemaker/gcov/\{\} \;
     
 elif [ x$1 = xlint ]; then
     rpmlint -i -f rpmlintrc ./mock/*.rpm
 else
     echo "Unknown sub-command: $1"
     exit 1
 fi