diff --git a/test-in-docker.sh b/test-in-docker.sh
index ff6249a..4a1f8ca 100755
--- a/test-in-docker.sh
+++ b/test-in-docker.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ test_ares() {
             sed -i '"'"'s/^#\?\(CacheDir.*\)/\1\nCacheDir = \/var\/cache\/pacman\/pkg_host\//'"'"' /etc/pacman.conf
 
             pacman -Syu --noconfirm python3
+            mkdir /var/cache/pacman/pkg_host/
             cd $(mktemp -d)
             tar xf /tmp/dotfiles.tar.gz -C .
             ANSIBLE_EXTRA_ARGS="-e manage_services=false" ./install.sh