diff --git a/src/git.ts b/src/git.ts
index 4bf30038f..c7c2b4c79 100644
--- a/src/git.ts
+++ b/src/git.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export async function deploy(action: ActionInterface): Promise<Status> {
       Allows the user to specify the root if '.' is provided.
       rsync is used to prevent file duplication. */
     await execute(
-      `rsync -q -av --checksum --progress ${action.folderPath}/. ${
+      `rsync -q -av --checksum --progress ${action.targetFolder ? '--mkpath' : ''} ${action.folderPath}/. ${
         action.targetFolder
           ? `${temporaryDeploymentDirectory}/${action.targetFolder}`
           : temporaryDeploymentDirectory