diff --git a/test-ci.sh b/test-ci.sh
index cd9d9400..cbd124a6 100755
--- a/test-ci.sh
+++ b/test-ci.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ set -e
 ./build.sh
 
 # mock out AWS env vars in CI so that aws-sdk-go is happy
+if [ ! -f "$HOME/.aws/config" ]; then
+  mkdir -p "$HOME/.aws"
+  echo "[default]" > "$HOME/.aws/config"
+fi
 export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 ./test.sh
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