diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b5fedfc2e2d5a5f6d563575a7fc83b1c5740a39f..affd1fc77d3a1c0beb8c875c03992d11b555a6e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ dist-cli:
 
 .PHONY: dist-server
 dist-server:
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags $(SERVER_LDFLAGS) -o rekor-server ./cmd/rekor-server
+	mkdir -p dist/
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags $(SERVER_LDFLAGS) -o dist/rekor-server-linux-amd64 ./cmd/rekor-server
 
 .PHONY: dist
 dist: dist-server dist-cli