diff --git a/image_creator/os_type/unix.py b/image_creator/os_type/unix.py
index f2abd0ebc120aa7e089ca9112fc314f30f798689..b0b3ae62e56ebe40d609048467e2cd5ca100ccfb 100644
--- a/image_creator/os_type/unix.py
+++ b/image_creator/os_type/unix.py
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ class Unix(OSBase):
         if print_header:
             self.out.output('Removing files under /var/mail & /var/spool/mail')
 
-        self.foreach_file('/var/spool/mail', self.g.rm_rf, maxdepth=1)
+        if self.g.is_dir('/var/spool/mail'):
+            self.foreach_file('/var/spool/mail', self.g.rm_rf, maxdepth=1)
+
         self.foreach_file('/var/mail', self.g.rm_rf, maxdepth=1)
 
     @sysprep()