diff --git a/script/build b/script/build
index c2b737cf..8d403287 100755
--- a/script/build
+++ b/script/build
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ fi
 GIT_SHA=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`
 VERSION=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
 LDFLAGS="-X github.com/dremio/dremio-diagnostic-collector/pkg/versions.GitSha=$GIT_SHA -X github.com/dremio/dremio-diagnostic-collector/pkg/versions.Version=$VERSION"
+touch ./cmd/root/ddcbinary/output/ddc.zip
 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags "$LDFLAGS" -o ./bin/ddc
 zip ./bin/ddc.zip ./bin/ddc
 mv ./bin/ddc.zip ./cmd/root/ddcbinary/output/ddc.zip
diff --git a/script/build.ps1 b/script/build.ps1
index e73a7f4d..e848f3ec 100644
--- a/script/build.ps1
+++ b/script/build.ps1
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ $GIT_SHA = git rev-parse --short HEAD
 $VERSION = git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
 $LDFLAGS = "-X github.com/dremio/dremio-diagnostic-collector/pkg/versions.GitSha=$GIT_SHA -X github.com/dremio/dremio-diagnostic-collector/pkg/versions.Version=$VERSION"
 
+New-Item -ItemType File -Path ./cmd/root/ddcbinary/output/ddc.zip -Force
 # This assumes that you have 'go' installed in your environment
 $env:GOOS="linux"
 $env:GOARCH="amd64"