diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index 64508ec5d84..385d5a09711 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -263,12 +263,15 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <target>
+                <exec executable="mkdir">
+                    <arg value="-p" />
+                    <arg value="${basedir}/target/generated-webapp/WEB-INF/classes/scripts" />
+                </exec>
                 <exec executable="cp">
                     <arg value="-r" />
                     <arg value="${basedir}/../scripts" />
                     <arg value="${basedir}/target/generated-webapp/WEB-INF/classes/scripts" />
                 </exec>
-
                 <copy
                   todir="${basedir}/target/generated-webapp/WEB-INF/">
                   <fileset dir="${basedir}/WEB-INF/">