diff --git a/docs/test_codeblocks_manifest.py b/docs/test_codeblocks_manifest.py
index 100eeb1b..e36fe5b6 100644
--- a/docs/test_codeblocks_manifest.py
+++ b/docs/test_codeblocks_manifest.py
@@ -383,6 +383,9 @@ def run_snippets(snippet_ids: tuple[str, ...]) -> None:
                         "ABXPKG_LIB_DIR": str(temp_dir / "system-lib"),
                     },
                 )
+                system_lib_dir = Path(snippet_env["ABXPKG_LIB_DIR"])
+                system_lib_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+                system_lib_dir.chmod(0o777)
                 snippet_env["PATH"] = os.pathsep.join(
                     [
                         str(system_home / ".local" / "bin"),