diff --git a/templates/Enterprise-Template/EnterpriseBotVSIX/EnterpriseBotVSIX.csproj b/templates/Enterprise-Template/EnterpriseBotVSIX/EnterpriseBotVSIX.csproj
index 5f1b3894f2..458a2b8d85 100644
--- a/templates/Enterprise-Template/EnterpriseBotVSIX/EnterpriseBotVSIX.csproj
+++ b/templates/Enterprise-Template/EnterpriseBotVSIX/EnterpriseBotVSIX.csproj
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\VSSDK\Microsoft.VsSDK.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <PreBuildEvent>powershell Compress-Archive -Path '$(SolutionDir)EnterpriseBotTemplate\Bot Framework' -DestinationPath '$(ProjectDir)ProjectTemplates\Bot Framework.zip' -Force</PreBuildEvent>
+    <PreBuildEvent>powershell New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path '$(ProjectDir)ProjectTemplates'
+powershell Compress-Archive -Path '$(SolutionDir)EnterpriseBotTemplate\Bot Framework' -DestinationPath '$(ProjectDir)ProjectTemplates\Bot Framework.zip' -Force</PreBuildEvent>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.