diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 5ecc78490cde07078a0091b495c8f0b481a93901..22ef72f80d09a88c91b618d052e6379cfd1cc8ee 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ steps:
   - pip3 install psutil
   - pip3 install guppy3
   - pip3 install src/connector/python/linux/python3/
-  - mkdir sim/tsim
+  - mkdir -p /drone/src/sim/tsim
   - cd tests
   - ./test-all.sh smoke
   when: