diff --git a/solr/Dockerfile b/solr/Dockerfile
index c133a6a2..ca5baff7 100644
--- a/solr/Dockerfile
+++ b/solr/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ENV SOLR_DATAIMPORTHANDLER_MSSQL ${SOLR_DATAIMPORTHANDLER_MSSQL}
 # download mssql connector for dataimporthandler
 RUN if [ ${SOLR_DATAIMPORTHANDLER_MSSQL} = true ]; then \
     curl -L -o /tmp/mssql-jdbc-7.0.0.jre8.jar "https://github.com/Microsoft/mssql-jdbc/releases/download/v7.0.0/mssql-jdbc-7.0.0.jre8.jar" \
-       && mkdir /opt/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/lib \
+       && mkdir -p /opt/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/lib \
        && mv /tmp/mssql-jdbc-7.0.0.jre8.jar "/opt/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/lib/mssql-jdbc-7.0.0.jre8.jar" \
 ;fi