diff --git a/scripts/build_exe_win7-amd64.py b/scripts/build_exe_win7-amd64.py
index 6451545b..32d8501f 100644
--- a/scripts/build_exe_win7-amd64.py
+++ b/scripts/build_exe_win7-amd64.py
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ for current, dirs, files in os.walk(tool_dir ):
             mypackages.append(pkg)
             print(pkg)
 
+# Don't rely on py2exe to create the dist dir
+if not os.path.exists(win_7_amd64):
+    os.makedirs(win_7_amd64)
+
 from distutils.core import setup
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/build_exe_win7-x86.py b/scripts/build_exe_win7-x86.py
index 71ab172e..bf3c0707 100644
--- a/scripts/build_exe_win7-x86.py
+++ b/scripts/build_exe_win7-x86.py
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ for current, dirs, files in os.walk(tool_dir ):
             mypackages.append(pkg)
             print(pkg)
 
+# Don't rely on py2exe to create the dist dir
+if not os.path.exists(win_7_x86):
+    os.makedirs(win_7_x86)
+
 from distutils.core import setup