diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/aws/cloud-configs/master.yaml b/docs/getting-started-guides/aws/cloud-configs/master.yaml
index aa3bfe3163..6989515310 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/aws/cloud-configs/master.yaml
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/aws/cloud-configs/master.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ coreos:
         After=etcd.service
 
         [Service]
-        ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/wget -N -P https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v0.5.4/bin/linux/amd64/kube-apiserver
+		ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/mkdir -p /opt/bin
+        ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/wget -N -P /opt/bin https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v0.5.4/bin/linux/amd64/kube-apiserver
         ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chmod +x /opt/bin/kube-apiserver
         ExecStart=/opt/bin/kube-apiserver \
         --address=0.0.0.0 \