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diff -u b/scripts/release/generate-sums.py b/scripts/release/generate-sums.py
--- b/scripts/release/generate-sums.py
+++ b/scripts/release/generate-sums.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 from release.info import readReleaseConfig, readBranchConfig
 from util.hg import update, mercurial, make_hg_url
+from util.commands import run_remote_cmd
 
 from release.download import rsyncFilesByPattern, rsyncFiles
 from release.signing import generateChecksums, signFiles
@@ -87,0 +89,4 @@
+    cmd = 'mkdir -v -m 2775 %s/contrib %s/contrib-localized' % \
+        (candidatesDir, candidatesDir)
+    run_remote_cmd(cmd, server=stageServer, username=stageUsername,
+                   sshKey=stageSshKey)