diff --git a/ports/allegro5/portfile.cmake b/ports/allegro5/portfile.cmake
index e1f18baaa67..626bec45a42 100644
--- a/ports/allegro5/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/allegro5/portfile.cmake
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/allegro5/LICENSE.txt ${CURRENT_PACKAGE
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
 
 file(GLOB PDB_GLOB ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}-dbg/lib/*.pdb)
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}-dbg/lib/Debug)
 file(COPY ${PDB_GLOB} DESTINATION ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}-dbg/lib/Debug)
 
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()