diff --git a/jobs/blobstore_benchmark/templates/bin/run.erb b/jobs/blobstore_benchmark/templates/bin/run.erb
index c6c088aac0..97b877a276 100644
--- a/jobs/blobstore_benchmark/templates/bin/run.erb
+++ b/jobs/blobstore_benchmark/templates/bin/run.erb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export LD_PRELOAD=/var/vcap/packages/jemalloc/lib/libjemalloc.so
 
 perform_blobstore_benchmarks() {
   export CLOUD_CONTROLLER_NG_CONFIG=/var/vcap/jobs/blobstore_benchmark/config/cloud_controller_ng.yml
+  mkdir -p /var/vcap/sys/run
   source "${JOB_DIR}/bin/ruby_version.sh"
   cd /var/vcap/packages/cloud_controller_ng/cloud_controller_ng