diff --git a/recipes/orbterm/recipe.toml b/recipes/orbterm/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0caa665dd272ebc21bfa420419291cb87b1e7d9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/orbterm/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[source]
+git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/orbterm.git"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+COOKBOOK_CARGO_FLAGS=(
+    --path "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
+    --root "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/ui"
+)
+cookbook_cargo
+"""
diff --git a/repo.sh b/repo.sh
index b9e3e6b4239562e285e18fb9ba51e2f55b7e01b3..b661f0cdaeb2424a6133586458f3015e0fa3e0c1 100755
--- a/repo.sh
+++ b/repo.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ do
     fi
 done
 
+mkdir -p "$REPO"
+
 for recipe in $recipes
 do
     if [ "recipes/$recipe/stage.tar.gz" -nt "$REPO/$recipe.tar.gz" ]