diff --git a/CI/MacOS/mac-build.yml b/CI/MacOS/mac-build.yml
index f88826ea0..25fb1fb2b 100644
--- a/CI/MacOS/mac-build.yml
+++ b/CI/MacOS/mac-build.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ steps:
   #   inputs:
   #     script: 'brew cleanup'
   #   displayName: 'Cleaning Up Homebrew'
+  # /usr/local/Cellar/openssl
+
+  - task: CmdLine@2
+    inputs:
+      script: 'mkdir -p /usr/local/Cellar/openssl'
+    displayName: 'Creating placebo directory'
 
   - task: CmdLine@2
     inputs: