diff --git a/hack/gcr-push.sh b/hack/gcr-push.sh
index 6e5b38601..c748e805f 100755
--- a/hack/gcr-push.sh
+++ b/hack/gcr-push.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ fi
 openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_f58ab4413c21_key -iv $encrypted_f58ab4413c21_iv -in heptio-images-fac92d2303ac.json.enc -out heptio-images-fac92d2303ac.json -d
 gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file heptio-images-fac92d2303ac.json
 unset GIT_HTTP_USER_AGENT
+mkdir -p /home/travis/.docker
+touch /home/travis/.docker/config.json
 # There's a prompt when trying to do this
 echo "Y" | gcloud beta auth configure-docker