diff --git a/scripts/update/debian.sh b/scripts/update/debian.sh
index 1e454cbe4..074c4f7aa 100644
--- a/scripts/update/debian.sh
+++ b/scripts/update/debian.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ export PATH
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 apt install -y locate
+if [ -d /usr/share/locale/locale.alias ];
+    mkdir -p /usr/share/locale/locale.alias
+fi
 locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
 localedef -v -c -i en_US -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 > /dev/null 2>&1
 export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8