diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5153bf215..0390a89d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ bootstrapemu:
 	test -e $(EMU_DIR)/koreader-base || (cd $(EMU_DIR) && ln -s ../$(KOR_BASE)/koreader-base ./)
 	test -e $(EMU_DIR)/extr || (cd $(EMU_DIR) && ln -s ../$(KOR_BASE)/extr ./)
 	test -e $(EMU_DIR)/reader.lua || (cd $(EMU_DIR) && ln -s ../reader.lua ./)
+	test -e $(EMU_DIR)/history || (cd $(EMU_DIR) && mkdir history)
 
 customupdate: $(KOR_BASE)/koreader-base $(KOR_BASE)/extr
 	# ensure that the binaries were built for ARM