diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43d4f97d7ef91955079472504c13b1ecdffbe10a..6680b4f2d039a8cffaeabd64fb049328ff471ade 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ include_directories(include)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/dynamic_graph/ros/ros_export")
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/dynamic_graph/ros/ros_import")
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY
-  "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/dynamic_graph/ros/ros_joint_states")
+  "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/dynamic_graph/ros/ros_joint_state")
 
 rosbuild_add_library(ros_bridge
   src/converter.hh