diff --git a/testing/remotecppunittests.py b/testing/remotecppunittests.py
index 837005a64049..246561fa735e 100644
--- a/testing/remotecppunittests.py
+++ b/testing/remotecppunittests.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class RemoteCPPUnitTests(cppunittests.CPPUnitTests):
         self.device.rm(self.remote_test_root, force=True, recursive=True)
         self.device.mkdir(self.remote_home_dir, parents=True)
         self.device.mkdir(self.remote_tmp_dir)
+        self.device.mkdir(self.remote_bin_dir)
         self.push_libs()
         self.push_progs(progs)
         self.device.chmod(self.remote_bin_dir, recursive=True, root=True)