diff --git a/docs/content/install.sh b/docs/content/install.sh
index 90c400c93..01359702f 100755
--- a/docs/content/install.sh
+++ b/docs/content/install.sh
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ esac
 
 #update version variable post install
 version=`rclone --version 2>>errors | head -n 1`
+#create the directory for the default configuration folder
+mkdir $HOME/.config/rclone -p
 
 printf "\n${version} has successfully installed."
 printf '\nNow run "rclone config" for setup. Check https://rclone.org/docs/ for more details.\n\n'