diff --git a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/plugins.nix b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/plugins.nix
index 41ba25d9f2f1..29d04998a34f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/search/elasticsearch/plugins.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
   esPlugin = a@{
     pluginName, 
     installPhase ? ''
-      mkdir -p $out
+      mkdir -p $out/bin
       ES_HOME=$out ${elasticsearch}/bin/elasticsearch-plugin --install ${pluginName} --url file://$src
     '', 
     ...